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STEPPING OUT TO SET THINGS RIGHTFor the true Sikkimese, May 16, 1975 heralded the end of an era and perhaps the beginning of a new struggle to preserve ‘Sikkim for Sikkimese’; but, this time, within...
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TIBET AND SIKKIM DID NOT ACCEPT 1890 CONVENTIONSir Charles Bell, Britain’s Political Officer in Gangtok with additional responsibility for Tibet and Bhutan, called the Chumbi Valley, where the Indian...
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OCTOBER 2, 1999 HUNGER STRIKE ON ‘NO SEAT, NO VOTE’ ISSUEJust days before the scheduled date of the proposed hunger strike on October 2, 1999, the OSU and SIBLAC formed the Sikkimese Nepalese Apex...
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OSU FAVOURS ST STATUS FOR ALL SIKKIMESE“Distinct Identity Within The Union”Though it has not yet taken a formal decision on the issue, the Organisation of Sikkimese Unity (OSU) has taken a serious...
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SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND(The Press Club of Sikkim conferred the “Khangchendzonga Kalam Puraskar 2012” award to journalist-cum-writer Jigme N. Kazi at a function in Gangtok on July 17,...
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LANDMARKS OF THE DECADE (1989-1999)Though the Rising Sun Party under R.C. Poudyal’s leadership was a cause for worry for Bhandari before the November 1989 (Assembly) polls the party soon became...
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SIKKIM’S SAKYA CONNECTION The last king of the celestial race, which reigned in Minyak for 25 generations, became very powerful. At this time (13th century), this king invited Sakya Panchen, the...
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HERMONS ON THE MOUNT“It Shall Be Rebuilt”“Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple..."I’m sure Hermonites from all over the world and from all...
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Dzongkar OpeningDZONGKAR: A HOME FOR FAMILY & FRIENDSA Haven of Peace & Happiness God bless DZongkarWhat a lovely nameMay it bring you happinessAffluence, glory and fame To all who visitBe it...
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SOUL OF SIKKIM: Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923-1982)END OF AN ERAWith the cremation of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the former Chogyal of Sikkim, in Gangtok, a 100-year-old dynasty finally came to an...
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BANNER OF REVOLT “There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world;and that is an ideawhose time has come.” - Victor Hugo “One of the strongestcharacteristics of...
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Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923-1982)SOUL OF SIKKIM“During the hour of his trial, when his very throne was at stake, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal stood like a rock and sacrificed petty...
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SOUL OF SIKKIM: Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923-1982)A LONELY STRUGGLENearly ten years after he took over the Sikkimadministration as the Chief Executive, B.S. Das, advised the late Chogual to...
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INSIDE SIKKIMONE-MAN RULE, ONE-PARTY SYSTEM Bhandari’s 14-year ‘misrule’ in Sikkim saw the tiny Himalayan State gradually degenerate into a state where people totally lost faith in democracy and...
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Let us stop fighting over scraps Even as the next Assembly elections draw nearer there is the need to remind ourselves of the importance of maintaining the peaceful atmosphere in the State during...
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The Rebel in Exile “When oppression wins out, as we all know here, those who nevertheless believe that their cause is just suffer from a sort of astonishment upon discovering...
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125th Anniversary and Beyond“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” A group of Sikkim Hermonites got together over dinner in Gangtok on Christmas eve, 2019 at their favourite...
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STAND UP AND FIGHT!“Sikkim’s identity was a cause B.S. Das, former Chief Executive of Sikkim, while paying tribute to the Chogyal in his book, “The Sikkim Saga”, said: “A lone and forgotten man who...
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Mount Hermon through the agesMount Hermon School, Darjeeling, overlooking Kanchenjunga.This book is a Tribute not only to our great Founders, Principals, Teachers, Students and Others, it is also a...
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LIVING IN SELF-IMPOSED EXILE IN MY OWN HOMELAND “Only dead fish go with the flow”The Press Club of Sikkim conferred the “Khangchendzonga Kalam Puraskar 2012” award to...
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