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Beacon Online Resource Centre
Darjeeling - The Queen of Hills
Unanimously described as the ‘Queen of Hills’ Darjeeling is unique in its versatility. For the tourists, fresh from the sights of other lands, Darjeeling comes not only as a delightful surprise but as a veritable relief from the hot and sultry weather of the plains. From the surroundings of this unrivalled mountainous town which stands at an average height of 7,000 feet above sea level, one sees the breath-taking beauty of the snow covered peaks, the tips of which seem too silvery to be real, a dappled effect indeed of vivid white and patches of grey.
Darjeeling is at once, both old and new. The cosmopolitan town itself has come a long way since its modest beginnings in 1835. The new includes modern amenities, first class hotels, comprehensive shopping centers; some of India’s most famous boarding-schools, cinema halls and the world’s most sought trekking trails. Yet a few miles of the town one comes into contact with age-old customs and ways of living – hand plowed terraced hill side fields, surrounded by gaily painted huts, hollowed out bamboo pipes for carrying water and villagers still utterly unspoilt by the rush and materialism of the Twenty First Century.
March 9, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Dear Friends,
It is my privilege and honour to present to you an added section to The Himalayan Beacon, titled Beacon Online Resource Centre. It has been my experience that there remains a tremendous vacuum of information when it comes to almost everything that involves the Gorkha People and Darjeeling Hills. You have yourself experienced a number of enquiries in our forums where people come to us with uneducated opinions. Their information leaves much to be wanted. Beacon Online Resource Centre is thus, an earnest effort in that direction. I intend to with your participation document everything that involves Indian Gorkhas, Darjeeling Hills, her history, geographical features, economy, sociology and such. Of course, there could be no ending to such documentation and study and I am prepared for it. I also believe that through this wonderful medium of online information sharing, we will be able to put forward the true picture of our people, our way of life and our land.
Of course, the challenge is tremendous. But what of challenges if they are not seemingly hard.
I hope for all your help and participation.
Regs
Barun Roy
August 27, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Nice pics…good work Mr. Barun!!