Trouble in Darjeeling as India’s Gorkha people campaign for new state
Posted by barunroy on July 8, 2008
FROM AFP
DARJEELING, India (AFP) — Leaders of the ethnic Nepali-speaking minority in India’s mountainous and tea-rich northeast have started month-long prayers to press for their own federal state. Ethnic Gorkhas — who number more than a million in the eastern state of West Bengal — have been demanding a separate state within India for decades, and renewed their movement last year under a new leader. More than a thousand people poured into the main square in the tea-producing and scenic town of Darjeeling, where the Gorkhas are concentrated, to join in the prayers on the first day on Monday.
“We want a peaceful protest. These prayers will give power to our movement,” said Bimal Gurung, the chief of the Gorkha People’s Liberation Front, who floated the idea. Separate prayers will be held for various castes among the Gorkhas and for other communities in the region, wedged between Nepal and Bhutan and overlooked by Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain. Many locals believe the gods will fulfil their wishes after the West Bengal government rejected demands for a separate Gorkhaland state last month.
“We don’t want any violence. That’s why we pray to our gods for our Gorkhaland,” said N.K Kumai, one of the organisers of the prayers.
Last month, an indefinite strike in Darjeeling hills hit tourism and its famous tea industry — the mainstays of the local economy — as activists ratcheted up the pressure. The strike was called off temporarily and has now been postponed to August to facilitate school exams and the prayers.
The fresh impetus for a new state comes almost two decades after an insurgency — in which more than 1,000 people died — ended with the government granting limited autonomy to the Gorkhas. But people soon grew disenchanted with the hill council that was formed as a result, as its leaders were seen to be corrupt. The Gorkhas, considered fierce warriors who have fought for the British and Indian armies, say they deserve a separate state within India as they have a distinct culture and speak a different language. Many also blame the West Bengal government for the dismal state of roads and lack of job opportunities in the region.
“We have made so many sacrifices in the Indian army. We consider ourselves Indians but for long we have been treated as second-class citizens of this country,” said a government official who did not want to be named. The feeling of hurt and neglect erupted into protests and strikes last year when a Gorkha youth, Prashant Tamang, won the Indian Idol reality TV contest only to be mocked by an Indian radio presenter as a chowkidar, or watchman, as Gorkhas are often referred to. Several people were injured before the radio station apologised.
The 44-year-old Gurung rose to prominence after spearheading a campaign to get telephone votes for Tamang, while at the same time starting up the Gorkha People’s Liberation Front. “Our fight is for our identity. We don’t want any money, any freebies. If the Punjabis can have their Punjab and the Biharis have Bihar, why can’t we have our Gorkhaland?” Gurung said, referring to other Indian states. Gurung says his movement will remain peaceful. Tea workers have returned to plantations after last month’s strike and the tourism industry says it expects a busy season after the monsoon rains are over in July, when visitors throng Darjeeling.
“We have seen much worse in the 1980s when there was conflict. This time we are not disturbed,” said Rajesh Rajak, an executive member of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hotel Owners’ Association.
July 9, 2008 at 12:22 am
I cant understand why indian gorkhalis think themselves a second class citizen….it your faul that you peoples are thinking yourself a 2nd class citizen….you peoples have got full scope of education like other indian… Now you go fight with others……compete with others, if you people have calibre then you will beat others ……stop thinking yourself a 2nd class citizen and stop demanding for separate state…
Mr. Bimal Gurung has written :
If the Punjabis can have their Punjab and the Biharis have Bihar, why can’t we have our Gorkhaland?”
Then I am asking at what basis he said that?? then govt. should break sikkim and make lepcha land, bhutia land, metch land, rajbansi land….etc etc….it’s not over ….In India there are 216 different languages ….all those ethnic peoples now will start demanding for their own states….
Is it not funny???
I am appreciating Mr. gurung as his movement is still now nonviolent but for how long days??
But why he has recruited GLP it is not beyond my thinking??? Is he not trying to play with jobless youth peoples??
July 9, 2008 at 2:13 am
ur comments are rt. mr raja but only half.ur right in saying that we should compete and secure our place among others regarding jobs and other things.but you tell me how many engeneering colleges,medical colleges and university does darjeeling have as a headquarter of the District?how many good schools(govt.)are thee in darjeeling?ofcourse there are private educational institutions but they are beyond the reach of most of the general public whose monthly income is hardly 4000 rupees.so,how can they afford higher as well as good education?i know u will argue saying if their income is insufficient to get higher and quality education for their children, its their fault,no?ok, then let me ask you one thing,where do u see the fault of a person who has been working as an ad-hoc teacher for the past 20 yrs and his dream of getting his job made permanent still remains a dream?whose fault do u think is this?and where is the fault of the poor tea garden worker who,after a hard day’s work,hardly gets repees 70 as a remuneration?and since you are a learned person,i am sure that you know, that more than half of the darjeeling population live in these tea gardens.so, under such circumstances,do you think a good percentage of the darjeeling population can afford quality education?not to mention the condition of the Govt.schools in West Bengal.my fren,the real Bengal is not in Kolkata,set out of the capital and you will come to know about real Bengal.
Yes, we are definitely treated as a second class citizens in India.Our fellwow Indians think that we are from Nepal and confuse between Indian Gorkhas and the ones migrated from Nepal.So,how does one feel when they say “no,you are speaking Nepali,you are from Nepal”though they are living in India for more than a centuary.To save this Identity crisis we need our own state within India.My fren,finding a good job with a heafty package merely won’t solve this idetity crisis which every Indian Gorkha is facing.And i don’t think we have to prove our worth to the National Govt since the Statue of Major Durga Mlla proudly stands in front of the Indian Prliament building.
What do mean to say “for how long”?The movement will remain non-violent unless Gorkhaland is achieved.Its the damned communist Govt of Bengal who tries to provoke us to do some violent things so that they can crush the movement in the name of maintaining law and order.But we won’t push back.
you must be aware of the siliguri episode where Gorkha Ex-servicemen were brutally tortured by the timid Bengal police.So,in oder to stop such incidents from occuring,GLP has been formed.Don’t take it otherwise,they won’t take any violent measures,just guide the people taking out processions.And if India recognises or, even worships Gandhiji as the Father of the Nation,than i’m sure the movement will not be stopped forcibly.But if the the people taking out peaceful procession are tortured by the police,than I regret being an Indian.
July 9, 2008 at 2:39 am
the point is nobody is asking for a lepcha land , or bhutia land….or this and that land..so in that sense raja’s fears are hypothetical and his argument borders on tautology..gorkhaland on the other hand is a very real and old demand…and popular support for it has only grown over the years…in fact as a journalist said it is ..’one of the oldest political demands in india’…also i would like to take raja down memory lane and ask him how many states india first had at independence and how their number grew over the years….and on what basis were these new states formed?…
July 9, 2008 at 3:35 am
Gurkha’s have concocted a sense of discrimination by India and a sense of entitlement to Darjeeling. Both are BOGUS self - serving FRAUDS.
What have the Gurkhas themselves contributed to the development of Darjeeling ?
They were brought over from Nepal by the British in the mid 19 th century to do the construction at Darjeeling, work in the Tea Gardens. But it was not for free, they got paid for it.
What about the Bengalis then whose Taxes were used by the British to develop Darjeeling ( and pay the Gurkhas ) as a resort for themselves instead of improving conditions for the rest of Bengal ?
For at least 100 years prior to India’s independence the British allowed the Nepalis to migrate to Darjeeling and allowed them to settle there. In return the majority of Nepali Gurkhas served the British loyally to suppress the Indian Freedom movement and frequently gunned down unarmed Indians ( Durga Malla was an exception )!
On the other hand at least since 1880s the Bengalis were the pioneers in resisting the British. So after the British finally quit India who should have gotten the rights to British possessions such as Darjeeling ? The Gurkhas of Nepal who settled there, got paid for their labors, and then KILLED Indians for their British Masters OR the Bengalis of undivided India who had to pay for the acquisition and development of Darjeeling by the British and then succeeded in driving them out of India ?
Gurkhas have tried to make up for their service for the British by next switching their loyalty to the Army of free India. But there is still a deficit of at least 60 years in their service to India ( 120 yrs for the British - 60 yrs for free India ) so they had better stop boasting about their “loyal service” to India or use that as a justification to blackmail the governments of WB or Delhi to create a race based Gurkhaland.
The Gurkhas have grabbed the administration of Darjeeling and blackmailed the govt.s to dominate it for the last 30 years. They have developed an impertinent attitude towards the Bengalis whose rightful inheritance of Darjeeling they have snatched. They have terrorized and driven out long - settled Bengalis from Darjeeling, just like the Kashmiri Moslems have done to the Hindu Pandits. To add insult to the injury, impertinent Gurkha scoundrels, illegal immigrants from Nepal themselves, have taken to calling Bengalis as Bangladeshis.
All Gurkhas take notice. With your greed and thievery you have raised the ire of decent Bengalis. If necessary we will use even Nuclear Weapons to vaporize the whole damn lot of you cockroaches. Even a radioactive Darjeeling is far better than a Darjeeling infested with you subhuman mongoloid Gurkha CRIMINALS.
July 9, 2008 at 3:36 am
Gurkha’s have concocted claims of discrimination by India and a sense of entitlement to Darjeeling. Both are BOGUS self - serving FRAUDS.
What have the Gurkhas themselves contributed to the development of Darjeeling ?
They were brought over from Nepal by the British in the mid 19 th century to do the construction at Darjeeling, work in the Tea Gardens. But it was not for free, they got paid for it.
What about the Bengalis then whose Taxes were used by the British to develop Darjeeling ( and pay the Gurkhas ) as a resort for themselves instead of improving conditions for the rest of Bengal ?
For at least 100 years prior to India’s independence the British allowed the Nepalis to migrate to Darjeeling and allowed them to settle there. In return the majority of Nepali Gurkhas served the British loyally to suppress the Indian Freedom movement and frequently gunned down unarmed Indians ( Durga Malla was an exception )!
On the other hand at least since 1880s the Bengalis were the pioneers in resisting the British. So after the British finally quit India who should have gotten the rights to British possessions such as Darjeeling ? The Gurkhas of Nepal who settled there, got paid for their labors, and then KILLED Indians for their British Masters OR the Bengalis of undivided India who had to pay for the acquisition and development of Darjeeling by the British and then succeeded in driving them out of India ?
Gurkhas have tried to make up for their service for the British by next switching their loyalty to the Army of free India. But there is still a deficit of at least 60 years in their service to India ( 120 yrs for the British - 60 yrs for free India ) so they had better stop boasting about their “loyal service” to India or use that as a justification to blackmail the governments of WB or Delhi to create a race based Gurkhaland.
The Gurkhas have grabbed the administration of Darjeeling and blackmailed the govt.s to dominate it for the last 30 years. They have developed an impertinent attitude towards the Bengalis whose rightful inheritance of Darjeeling they have snatched. They have terrorized and driven out long - settled Bengalis from Darjeeling, just like the Kashmiri Moslems have done to the Hindu Pandits. To add insult to the injury, impertinent Gurkha scoundrels, illegal immigrants from Nepal themselves, have taken to calling Bengalis as Bangladeshis.
All Gurkhas take notice. With your greed and thievery you have raised the ire of decent Bengalis. If necessary we will use even Nuclear Weapons to vaporize the whole damn lot of you cockroaches. Even a radioactive Darjeeling is far better than a Darjeeling infested with you subhuman mongoloid Gurkha CRIMINALS.
July 9, 2008 at 4:48 am
relay, your choice of words show your bringing-up.but its ok,you can’t help it.i know.coz its in your blood to scold someone who wants to have healthy arguement.anyway,lets come to the topic……
relay, you very well know that Darjeeling was gifted to the british by Nepal so that the former could spend their summer days in the magnificient climate of the region.Now do you think that when darjeeling was being gifted,it was uninhabited?ofcourse not.and even if you think ,than you are poor in history about the region.read it once more.
your big talk about bengali taxes then…………………….if you were paying taxes,obviously you were working or trading,no?the question is under which Govt?British,rt?so,you too were working under British Govt.and performing your duties.and not only you the whole of India was doing the same-working under the British Govt.The Gorkhas then were doing just the obvious-working under British Govt.what you are unnecessarily trying to prove is that the Gorkhas were the only ones working for the British Govt.which shows that you are at panic.
I pity your foolish calculation.Had india got Freedom from the british 120 yrs before and had the british ruled India for 60 years,your figures would just reverse.
Patley baas is correct in asking that on what basis new states in India were formed after Independence?And you say we grabbed the administration in darjeeling.the majority is ours, man.Or for that matter y do u call your state Bangal?coz the majority is yours. and under those lines the new states in India were created post independence.
Such poor is your knowledge that you compare Gorkhaland issue with kashmir.Pakistan is after Kashmir,man.but Nepal is not after darjeeling.they don’t want it.and we don’t want to merge either.
On that fateful day,Gorkhas were just foolowing the orders of their General.And any soldier would have done the same thing,follow the orders.When the police torture unarmed and peacefully rallying Gorkhas,we don’t complain about the cops in the streets,coz they are just following thier orders.The main culprit is the Govt. and in the Jalianwala case,it was the British Govt.So,Go and complain there.but why would you,rather every other Indian has a London dream.so,what happens to your patriotism here?
I can understand your pain.coz Gorkhaland is inevitable this time.so,shout as much as you can.It makes no difference to us.coz people resort to abuses when they are sort of facts and evidences.In other words,when they try to cover the fact but do not succed.
If Gorkhas are subhuman then bengolis are inhuman.remember Nandigram and siliguri episide?
July 9, 2008 at 5:02 am
Mr.Gorkha,
You have written 50% of gorkha peoples are staying below poverty lines…my friend it is not only in darjeeling, this statistic is applicable for whole India….But are they all demanding for new states??
My friend for your kind information after india’s independence only ANDRA PRADESH had been created on linguistic basis same as you peoples are demanding for a separate state on linguistic basis(for nepali speaking peoples according to your leader Mr. Bimal Gurung said as above )…but do you know now some part of Andra Pradeshi peoples are now demanding for separation from present ANDRA PRADESH on the name of telengana???…then it may be possible after some years LEPCHAS, BHUTIAS , KAMTAPURIS will ask for a separate land from your so called proposed GL…….So it is not the solve of real problem….Try to find out the route of the problem….
The route of the problem is though you peoples are indian but always feel inferior to other indians …you feel you are 2nd class citizen…then think about those adibasis …..then according to your leader they should think that they are 4th class citizen…because those adibasis havn’t got anything except ST satus…
You have written everyone cant afford good private school….yes you are true….there are lot of students in plain are studying in GOVT.SPONSORED schools who does n’t have capacity to afford private school…and some of them are doing well in competition who were good & serious in studies…
Is it not true that only private schools student are brainy and they only get a good job at outside…
You have written that “where do u see the fault of a person who has been working as an ad-hoc teacher for the past 20 yrs and his dream of getting his job made permanent still remains a dream?”
okie friend I can understand your feelings….but is it the problem of your peoples only????…..There are lot of educated peoples who are still searching for jobs….Do you want to play football in empty grond (without competition)??? That’s why you want to separate from Bengal?? then my friend you should demand to merge it with any western country…that can only sort out this unemployment problem…Though major economy USA still facing huge unemployment problem nowadays…
My friend you have written that “you must be aware of the siliguri episode where Gorkha Ex-servicemen were brutally tortured by the timid Bengal police.So,in oder to stop such incidents from occuring,GLP has been formed”
I am highly comdemning that episode which had happend….but still disagree with the formation of GLP… Is GLP will fight with bengal police??? Is that Gandhiyana???…..Or GLP has been formed to lure the jobless youth peoples???….
July 9, 2008 at 5:46 am
some of your comments are rt,raja.but not the entire blog.Our problem is not only of unemployment or good education.There are many,my fren.but if i go on explaining all those then this blog won’t do and i don’t have much time left.so,to know about the genuine problem of the hills u need to be there and see for yourself.
If the there is this demand of Telengana, then there must be some good reason behind it.Or else idon’t think the people who are demanding it are fools.
We won’t let it happen in Gorkhaland,fren.coz there won’t be any partiality among castes regarding jobs and other benefits.we will avoid it through good and efficient administration.
ok,I agree with you.but, After completing their high school education,where do they go ?to that old govt.college?Where the professors and lecturers give a damned care to the attendence of the students?And what about the many P.G.courses which are not there.it is not that we are demanding Gorkhaland for just one paticular reason.we have many and when you try to solve those many problem,Gorkhaland emerges as the only solution.But u won’t understand this since u r a non-gorkha,i know that.
If the US is facing unemployment problem,then should we overlook ours?and by the way, there’s a huge difference in looking for a job for a couple of years after completing college and waiting for a job to be made permanent for 20 yrs and getting false promises and assurances.
that means you will go on torturing the peaceful protesters and we should tolerate all the time rt?we all are proud of Indian democracy,but where is the right hold rallies here?
July 9, 2008 at 7:18 am
gorkha
July 9, 2008 at 4:48 am
Says:
” Darjeeling was gifted to the british by NEPAL ”
Is that what they taught you in the Gurkha run schools of Darjeeling. No wonder you people now are blindly following that Fraud Gurung.
Darjeeling used to be a PART OF SIKKIM and in 1816 it was ceded to the British by the RAJA of SIKKIM as a reward for EVICTING a horde of INVADING GURKHAS from Nepal.
No wonder even educated Gurkhas from Darjeeling fail to compete for jobs etc. in India. It seems that they have had their brains filled with LIES & NONSENSE !
July 9, 2008 at 7:23 am
Pl read Comment ‘Red letter day’ by Sagarika Ghose in HT July 9.
‘Alas, Comrades. You are men and women of such unimpeachable personal honesty and integrity, such depth of scholarship among so many of your leaders and sympathisers…yet in the end, you have scripted your own tragic drama of irrelevance’
July 9, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Gorkha,
my friend may be i am not aware of all the proble you are facing….but you tell me one thing is this demand for a new state just for only gorkha peoples???
…..As you have written
“We won’t let it happen in Gorkhaland,fren.coz there won’t be any partiality among castes regarding jobs and other benefits.we will avoid it through good and efficient administration.”
Dont you think that before creation of your so called Gorkhaland you peoples are betraying others by giving name “Gorkhaland” of this movement???…..why you are not demanding for Lapchaland who are the real inhabitant of darjeeling….or atleast do movement for “darjeeling state” …that will be accepted for others ethnics peoples staying there….
I am full aware of Sikkim…so my friend I am not at all believing that no partialities will take place among the ethnic groups….
I am sorry…am not impress with your words..
July 10, 2008 at 8:35 pm
RELAY,
I CONSIDER IT IS UNBECOMING FOR ME TO GIVE ANY RESPONSE TO YOUR ILL-CONCEIVED IDEAS AND UGLY WORDS WHICH ARE OF VERY LITTLE VALUES PER SE.YET IT HAS BEEN IRRESISTABLE FOR ME TO WRITE SOMETHING TO YOU. I KNOW IT IS FUTILE TO HELP YOU ENRICH YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN THIS ISSUE OR TO SUGGEST READING ANY AUTHENTIC TREATISE IN THIS SUBJECT.THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE GOT IS ETHNOCENTRICITY AND THIS IS BOUND TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN FUTURE.OKAY THEN, YOU ROTTEN EGG, MORE NEXT TIME,TILL THEN….
July 10, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Ki holo SARKAR DADA eto rege gelen keno Relay er opor??
July 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm
The Telengana demand is not a recent one…we were informed at a seminar in Delhi that their demand is also dated pre-independence. But like one moderator at the session said…whether Telengana is created or not the people in AP will be considered INDIANS. We Gorkhas because we look different will always be discriminated and be considered “outsiders” and that IS THE FACT! Therefore we WANT Gorkhaland it is for all Gorkhas scattered all over India and abroad. That we are in every state it is a double edged sword as despite that because we are scattered we are not considered VOTE BANKS! Which is what Bengalis and those that speak Bengali that are not from WB are protected/wooed and we Gorkhas are maligned and marginalised!
July 10, 2008 at 9:47 pm
You have to be on our side of the fence to know what we face and how we face up to this constant questioning of our citizenship our identity…and I am not talking just in wonderful West Bengal…its every where and more so in the plains.
So please…for the Gorkhas that protect all of India…all we are asking is for a small piece of land to call our own…We feel as much for Bharat Mata as any other Indian. Just give us our Indian identity. And remember we are asking for a state not partitioning off our Mother land.
July 10, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Aardee,
I read your blogs…okie I understood your problem…but why your leaders have included siliguri & some part of doors to their proposed GL map??…Do you think Peoples of plains adjacent to hills will accept that?? it will only giving the fuels of hatred between two communities….You can demand for GL but should not demand to include bengali polulated siliguri (80% populations are bengali)….
or else I can see a blood bath and riot in plains adjacent to hills zone…Get ready for it….
July 10, 2008 at 10:17 pm
A hint to the Gurkhas demanding Gurkhaland
YOU CANNOT MANUFACTURE HISTORY, NOR WOULD YOUR ATTEMPTS TO MISINTERPRET IT USING YOUR IGNORANCE / GREED SUCCEED. NO ONE EXCEPT YOURSELVES ARE CONVINCED OF YOUR CONTRIVED CLAIMS TO DARJEELING.
July 10, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Democratic country Mr Layer…let everyone think……..everyone is having full right to keep their words…everyone is having full right to see day dream
July 10, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Raja,
I suppose history has a lot to do with it than mere statistics.
One question I would like to ask you is, what is the reason for Siliguri not being included in the proposed new state of Gorkhaland ? Is it political ? economic ? social ? etc.
There has been a rumour apparently (probably started by the CPI(M) that if Siliguri is included, the new government will chase away all the immigrants. Is it because of this some bengalis in the plains are fighting tooth and nail against Gorkhaland.
Look at Dooars now, why should the WB Govt feel proud of it ? The people there are in more misery than us in the hills, most of the adivashis have no jobs, they send their children as servants to cities and even to the hills.
So what is the WB Govt going to do now, except from keeping them as vote banks. Who is going to address their issues then ? are they not entitled to liberty and equality along with the citizens who live in the city ? Their hopes and passions too can only be answered by the creation of a new state, where there will be an equal representation and participation for their cultural, sociological and economic growth; the state of GORKHALAND ! the state where adivashis, bengalis, nepalis, marwaris, biharis, etc live as one, THE GORKHA WAY OF LIFE !
JAI GORKHA JAI GORKHALAND !
July 10, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Before asking for GORKHA LAND tell me one thing for misery of bengal dont you feel you are same responsible for not casting your vote against CPIM govt in last three electionz//
If doorars peoples are so much facing problem then why they always give their vote in favour of CPIM??? why CPIM and there brother groups like RSP, CPI won majority of seats from North Bengal???
I was in Jalpaiguri when I was engineering student….I have seen not a single seat opponent party won during 2001 assembly election….
It is democratic nation….if you dont like the gove then just throw them out….
July 10, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I have seen not a single seat opponent party won during 2001 assembly election…from North Bengal…
July 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Johny has written…”the state of GORKHALAND ! the state where adivashis, bengalis, nepalis, marwaris, biharis, etc live as one, THE GORKHA WAY OF LIFE !”
My friend then change the name from GORKHA LAND to DARJELING LAND….DARJEELING is not only for nepali GORKHA peoples so that the name of the movement would be GORKHA LAND….from this name we can understand what would be the conditions of other community if it is created ever…
July 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Johny has written…”the state of GORKHALAND ! the state where adivashis, bengalis, nepalis, marwaris, biharis, etc live as one, THE GORKHA WAY OF LIFE !”
My friend then change the name from GORKHA LAND to DARJELING LAND….DARJEELING is not only for nepali GORKHA peoples so that the name of the movement would be GORKHA LAND….By this name itself we can understand what would be the conditions of other community if it is created ever…
July 10, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Raja,
I think I was the one who wanted answers ! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !
“If doorars peoples are so much facing problem then why they always give their vote in favour of CPIM??? why CPIM and there brother groups like RSP, CPI won majority of seats from North Bengal???”
THAT’S WHY ITS REFERRED TO AS VOTE BANK !
July 10, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Ok so if the new state would be called something other than ‘Gorkhaland’ would you have supported it ?
July 10, 2008 at 11:35 pm
yes that I know North bengal is VOTE BANK for CPIM….
July 10, 2008 at 11:37 pm
If Siliguri or plain areas are not demanded then I am not getting any problem to sort out this issue
July 10, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Brother,
That is my question. Refer to response No. 19
What is the reason behind Siliguri and Dooars not being included ! I want to know your honest answer.
July 10, 2008 at 11:45 pm
First you tell me why do you want to get separate from us??
You kindly write me that shortly then it would become easy for me to give you that answer
July 10, 2008 at 11:54 pm
You have written if siliguri is included then new govt. will chase away all the “immegrants”…..if you are saying siliguris peoples are immegrant coming from Bangladesh after separation….then dont you think yourself that your father or forefather had also come from nepal as a immegrant long times back…..
If the majority of Siliguri and dooars peoples dont try to separate from west bengal then why are you peoples forcefully showing that Silliguri is yours??
That’s the main problems in this issue…bengali populated Silliguri will go under Gorkha land …Do you think it will be happened ever ?? …..So dont see this kind of day dream….
Give some suggestion to your leaders change his proposed GL map if he really want to get a solution of this burning issue….
Otherwise friend I can see a bloody road ahead for all of us….and that would be real tragedy…
July 10, 2008 at 11:56 pm
You have written if siliguri is included then new govt. will chase away all the “immegrants”……..There has been a rumour apparently (probably started by the CPI(M) …
My friend if you are saying siliguris peoples are immegrant coming from Bangladesh after separation….then dont you think yourself that your father or forefather had also come from nepal as a immegrant long times back…..
If the majority of Siliguri and dooars peoples dont try to separate from west bengal then why are you peoples forcefully showing that Silliguri is yours??
That’s the main problems in this issue…bengali populated Silliguri will go under Gorkha land …Do you think it will be happened ever ?? …..So dont see this kind of day dream….
Give some suggestion to your leaders change his proposed GL map if he really want to get a solution of this burning issue….
Otherwise friend I can see a bloody road ahead for all of us….and that would be real tragedy…
July 11, 2008 at 12:02 am
“for economic development industrialization must proceed irrespective of whether it may destroy fertile land because industrializations in the developed countries previously have destroyed a lot of fertile lands and that was the price of progress”
can u guys believe these words are of nobel prize winner Amartya sen’s?
Such is our modern India’s economist.and the bongos are so proud of such jerks.God help them!
July 11, 2008 at 12:11 am
Amartya Sen won NOBEL PRIZE….it is gold of India not only for Bengalis….If you consider yourself as a Pure Indian then you also should give respect to his words rather than dementing Bengal community in each and every t