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DEATH OF A JOURNALIST: END OF AN ERAVeteran journalist S. Nihal Singh died last month, aged 88. He was a great journalist and author of several books. He edited The Statesman and The Indian Express....
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HAIL MOUNT HERMON!“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep...” By Jigme N.Kazi In the two years from now, MH will celebrate its 100th birth anniversary on March 11, 1995....
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‘My father taught me how to fight and survive’REMEBERING DAD ON HIS 20THDEATH ANNIVERSARYHe was only 68 when he passed away on May 21, 1998, in Gangtok after a brief illness. It is now 20 years since...
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A NEW BEGINNING AT ‘MH’A new beginning has been made by concerned Hermonites to enable the Hermonites (alumni of Mt. Hermon School, Darjeeling.) to do whatever possible to help and support their alma...
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SPRING SURPRISE:HERMONS ON THE MOVEIt all began this spring when the Hermons were on the move. Uttam Pradhan and I went to see Miss Russell in Darjeeling on March 20. We visited MH and we felt good;...
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EMERGENCY DECLARED AFTER SIKKIM’S TAKEOVER Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Chogyal Palden Thondup NamgyalTwo months after Sikkim’s merger with the Indian Union a national emergency was declared in...
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I have made mistakes and regret it: KaziniSikkim’s absorption into the Indian Union and its integration with the mainstream has always been a touchy and a very controversial subject. This chapter...
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BB Gurung: “The guilt of having participated in the process of the merger has left a very deep and painful scar in my heart” Ten years after his controversial move to declare ‘Prince’ Wangchuk the...
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FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO MH’S ‘HERMON KNIGHTS’(I’m posting this in the light of the proposed ashes of our Principal, Rev. J. Johnston, to be laid to rest at Kalimpong’s Dr. Graham’s Homes next month...
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MH Principal GA Murray: Lest We Forget"The Hermonite (annual school magazine) was supposed to have come out by early 1979 but the printers took a long time and it was delayed by almost a year. It...
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"WE SHALL NOT BE SUBMERGED":BHANDARIMERGER TERMS VIOLATED: POUDYAL In 1979, veteran politician Ram Chandra Poudyal accused India of betraying the Sikkimese when New Delhi unilaterally did away with...
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HERMONITE AMAR SINGH RAI GETS ‘DARJEELING UNIVERSITY’Darjeeling will soon have its own university in the hills. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a function in Darjeeling on the occasion of...
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1992: Chamling and Sikkim Observer 'dismissed'!After I met Bhandari in December 1991, I tried to analyse why he had taken the initiative to open a dialogue with me. Did Bhandari really want to help me...
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LEST WE FORGET The Lees THE LEES and THE DARJEELING DISASTER of 1899 On 24 September 1899, six children of the Lee family: Vida Maud, Wilbur David, Ada Eunice, Esther Dennett, Lois Gertrude, and...
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125th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHOGYAL TASHI NAMGYAL (I893-1963)Sikkim’s 11th ruler, Tashi Namgyal, was born on October 26, 1893 in Kurseong (Darjeeling) during the period of detention of his father,...
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SIKKIM OBSERVER Editorial/January 2015THE PEN IS MIGHTIERKhangchendzonga, Take Care Of Him “Elsewhere, protectorates are graduating to independence and colonies are marching to freedom. In Sikkim, a...
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PEOPLE&PLACES Chogyal of SikkimChogyal was placed under house arrest before Sikkim’s annexationThis article on Palden Thondup Namgyal, the 12th Chogyal (king) of Sikkim, was written on May 23, 2008...
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KHANGCHENDZONGA GETS UNESCO RECOGNITIONStories about the sacred mountain "constitute the basis for Sikkimese identity"The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has placed Sikkim's Kanchenjunga National...
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KHANGCHENDZONGASACRED TO SIKKIM, PRIDE OF INDIA, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE The UNESCO has recognized and declared that the worship of this sacred mountain (Khangchendzonga) “by the indigenous people of...
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ROOT CAUSEOpinion | Nagaland on edge over peace talks and special statusSudeep ChakravartiGovt must offer face-saving deal for Naga people, or risk having the 2015 peace agreement failSome panic...
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