MATHABHANGA

Incidents of boat capsizing feared

Without offering a diversion facility the construction of a concrete bridge over Sutunga river has commenced in Mathabhanga. The new bridge is to replace the old wooden bridge. Now, many have no other option than crossing the river by country boats.

According to norms a diversion facility should be constructed prior to the renovation or construction of a new bridge to replace the old one, locals said. But in case of the bridge over Sutunga river in Mathabhanga Municipality area the norms have been violated. The passengers have been compelled to cross the river by country boats by risking their lives. The question is: Who will shoulder the responsibility if any boat capsizes and that claims life of any citizen? Many senior citizens demanded construction of a temporary bridge as diversion till completion of the new concrete bridge.  

Criticising the matter, the opposition leader of Mathabhanga Municipality Ms Kalyani Poddar (Trinamul Congress) said the CPI-M dominated civic body and the PWD would have to bear the responsibility if any mishap occurs. Replacing of the old wooden bridge by a concrete bridge may take about four years so the authorities should take measures to minimise the problems of the citizens. They should immediately start construction of a diversion bridge- she demanded.

It was learnt that when the wooden bridge turned out-of-order the civic body introduced ferry service free of cost for the people. The sub-divisional administration too admitted the risk of crossing the river during the monsoon by country boats. They are to take up the matter with the PWD officials, a senior officer said.

Chairperson of Mathabhanga Municipality Ms Kokila Singha said they arranged ferry service to help the citizens. Another plan is under consideration to provide bus services for the school students as a substitute for boat service, she added. - Debashis Bhaumik

DIMDIMA RIVER POSING THREAT

Brickyards blamed for massive soil erosion by Dimdima

Massive erosion of Dimdima river in Dooars is posing a threat to a few brickyards and the nearby villages. Locals alleged that indiscriminate and unsystematic earth lifting from the areas adjacent to the river and large-scale collections of sands from the riverbed is the main reason of worsening of the situation. Also, a local road between Shisujhumra and Dangapara turned unusable due to unsystematic digging. The owners of the brick-kilns however denied the allegation rose against them.

Recently, Dimdima river has posed fearsome to the residents of Ethelbari and Shisujumra gram panchayat areas under Madarihat-Birpara block in Dooars. Now, existence of at least nine brickfields is in danger. The swelling river may gobble up a few within a few days, the local workers fear.

There exist about ten brick-kilns along the bank of Dimdima at Ethelbari. According to the owners there are about five thousand workers engaged in these brickfields. If the river grabs these, the workers might be jobless. Smelling danger the owners and also others demanded erection of an embankment to protect the brickfields from massive river erosion.

Madarihat-Birpara Panchayat Samity sources said that the brickyard owners used to lift earth in unsystematic way without considering the future consequences. The situation aggravates during the monsoon when erosion also commences in the adjacent areas of the riverbank. Regular lifting of huge sands from the river is also a reason of the worsening situation. The department concerned never makes any inquiry into the matter, as they receive no complaints. On the otherhand, the owners of the brick-kilns denied of lifting of indiscriminate earth for their units.

Sources in Madarihat-Birpara Panchayat Samity said there was not enough fund with them to take up construction of an embankment or making facility to stop river erosion. They are to convey the situation to the Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishad. A report was sought from the local Gram Panchayat body on the actual position of erosion caused by Dimdima river, the sources added. Locals opined that the MBPS and the JZP should take immediate measures to stop erosion to save the brickyards in the interest of the workers engaged in those units. If necessary, the authorities should consider launching of schemes under NREGS to protect the area, they suggested. - Debashis Bhaumik.

JENKINS SCHOOL

Maj. Gen. Jenkins and Jenkins School, Cooch Behar Nirmalendu Chakraborty

Major General Francis Jenkins was the longest serving commissioner of Assam and Agent to the Governor General for the North Eastern Frontier of India as Guwahati was its headquarters. He served in this NEFA as 5th Chief Commissioner of Assam in 1828 commissioner and Agent from 1834 to 1861. He is still remembered for his versatile ability, genius and great administrator, social works and spreading education in this area including Dooars, Cooch Behar and of course North Eastern Zone.

 

He was born in Cornwall, UK on August 4, 1793 at the picturesque village of St. Clement. A brilliant graduate of Oxford University he left his native place Cornwall in the year 1808 and joined as an officer in the mercantile marine in October 1810 under Admiral Lord Exmouth, who later in 1811 transferred his services to the government of Lord William Bentick and inducted in the Indian military. He was injured in a war in Egypt. In 1828 he was appointed as the 5th Chief Commissioner of Assam stationed at Guwahati where he began to show his activities in different ways like business, potentiality of tea, export resources, viability and discovery of coal, oil and above all progress of education in the Eastern Zone. In 1832 along with Captain Charlton and Mr Charles Alexander Bruce, Maj. Gen Jenkins also credited as the discoverer of tea plant in Assam known as Thea Assamica. This was the great significant share of vast potentiality as a commercial commodity of International value. For which the Agricultural Society of Calcutta presented to Jenkins a Gold Medal. 

 

As a pioneer regard to establish educational activities in this NE Zone Maj. Gen. Jenkins started to establish schools. In 1834 with his able efforts a school was established collecting subscriptions from the public and founded Guwahati Seminary, 3 rd school of such set up by the British. Now, new name was given, Guwahati Cotton Collegiate School by Sir Henry John Stademan Cotton.

 

Like this way on his visit to Dooars and Cooch Behar he enquired about education in the then Cooch Behar State ruled by the Maharajas of Narayan Dynasty, which was founded by the Koch Kings in the year 1510 AD. In the reign of Maharaja Narendra Narayan Maj. Gen. Jenkins apart from all administrative activities spread education in this state by his good services. In the year 1857 – the year when the University of Calcutta established and on the minority of Maharaja Narendra Narayan and with the instruction of Queen Mother Brindeswari Devi a vernacular school was established for teaching the Princess and other kinsmen of the royal family, in a thatched in the south western of Sagar Dighi. In 1859 English began to teach in this school. Few years later, the school had to shift near the stable inside the royal palace due to devastating fire damage the thatched. In 1861 when Maj. Gen. Jenkins was offered a purse by the Maharaja Narendra Narayan (1841-1863) in recognition of the good services done by Maj. Gen. Jenkins during the minority of the Maharaja. The worthy Major General actually avoided accepting reward and suggested that the money would be spent for good causes if an English school were founded with that money. Accordingly to pay honour to the Maj. Gen the school was named after him as Jenkins School. There were no tuition fees for the students till 1865-66, later a uniform of 8-Annas was fixed as tuition fees for all. In 1883 first eleven students were sent for Entrance Examination and all of them came out successfully. In 1879 a beautiful and commodious building was constructed at the eastern bank of Sagar Dighi Square (now Treasury Buildings), which was damaged by a heavy earthquake in 1897, and finally the school was housed in its present premises in 1905. Now, the school is one of the best schools in West Bengal, going to celebrate its 150 glorious years in the year 2011.

 

Maj. Gen. Francis Jenkins who loved Assam and its people so much that he settled down in Guwahati after his retirement and never returned to his native place in UK. He died in Guwahati of fever on August 28, 1866. He is not only remembered by the people of Assam but also people of Cooch Behar and thousands of thousands students who got their education in this school that bears his name.  

-- Nirmalendu Chakraborty,

(Founder-member, Cooch Behar Heritage Society and secretary, Cooch Behar Philatelic Association),

180, Ashram Road, Cooch Behar-736101.

Mobile : 9775408172.

VIOLATION OF RBI INSTRUCTIONS

Allegation over violation of RBI guidelines in banks

In almost all branches of the banks in Cooch Behar the customers are being denied to obtain a receipt against their deposits by cheques. If they ask for receipts they are being told that such facility was not available anymore. They are being asked to drop the cheques in the drop-box and keep the counterfoils of the pay-in slips as the receipts. Refusal to receive a cheque over the counter and giving a receipt as acknowledgement is nothing but an act of violation of the instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India, said the secretary of the Cooch Behar Consumers Protection Society Mr Ganesh Chandra Bhattacharya.

Referring a circular (No. RBI/2006-2007/214 DBOD.No.Leg.BC. 49.09.07.005.2006-07) that was issued on 18 December 2006 by the chief general manager-in-charge of the RBI Mr Prashant Saran the CCPS secretary said the banks were advised to invariably display on the cheque drop-box that "customers can also tender the cheques at the counter and obtain acknowledgement on the pay-in-slips". "The message may be displayed in English, Hindi, and the concerned regional language of the state", the circular said.

Mr Bhattacharya said by that circular the banks were advised "both the drop-box facility and the facility for acknowledgement of the cheques at the regular collection counters should be available to customers and no branch should refuse to give an acknowledgement if the customer tenders the cheque at the counters".

In the circular it was also mentioned that "Reserve Bank of India/ Banking Ombudsmen have been receiving complaints that many bank branches are not accepting cheques at the counters and are compelling the customers to drop the cheques in the cheque drop-box. Banks are therefore advised to strictly adhere to the instructions contained in the circular and ensure that customers are not compelled to drop the cheques in the drop-box".

The CCPS secretary said by dropping a cheque into a drop-box a customer couldn't be sure of realisation of the money and deposit of the amount in his account. "We know a few cases where the customers had to suffer. Now, we are preparing to take up the issue to the RBI authorities for the benefit of bank customers", he said.

The members of the business community are also unhappy over the bank's attitude. The secretary of the district merchants chamber of commerce Mr Rajendra Kumar Baid alleged that a major section of bank personnel are interested in harassing the customers instead of extending them the justified service. They should obey the RBI instructions. The traders' body is also to take up the matter with the RBI authorities very soon, Mr Baid added. - DEBASHIS BHAUMIK 

GOUTAMENDU'S MANGO

THE ABOVE WRITE-UP OF MR GOUTAMENDU ROY HAS PUBLISHED IN A BENGALI DAILY ON SUNDAY 25 JULY 2010.

SAVE COOCH BEHAR !

FB to demonstrate demanding repair of town saving dyke

BJP wants all-party meeting

 The demand for regular maintenance and immediate repair of the embankment that is saving the town is getting momentum in Cooch Behar. Leaders of all major political parties agreed that the embankment should be protected at any cost to save the heritage town from the clutch of Torsa.

General secretary of the Cooch Behar district unit of the BJP, Mr Nikhil Ranjan Dey demanded the district administration to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. As encroachers are to be removed from the embankment before commencement of renovation the administration should gather opinions from the political parties over issues like rehabilitation and compensation, he said. "We conveyed the matter to the irrigation division and the district administration on several occasions but to no avail. On Wednesday seepage of river water into the town caused panic among the citizens but the authorities are still taking no steps to repair the dyke. We do not believe in the irrigation division's assurance that no harm would be done by the seepage because the town had to experience a disaster many years ago when Torsa gobbled up a large section of the town", he recalled.

Chairman of Cooch Behar Municipality and also the president of the district unit of the Congress, Mr Biren Kundu opined that the seepage of river water through the sluice gates was an alarming matter. As the civic body has no authority to repair the embankment the administration should take the initiative. "I shall talk with the district magistrate Ms Smaraki Mahapatra over the matter", he said.

A senior citizen and also a member of the All India Congress Committee, Mrs Sabita Roy questioned that why the citizens should have to raise their voices over the issue. It is the government's duty to save the people and maintain the embankment regularly that was constructed following the instruction of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. About the proposed all-party meeting she said at first the irrigation division should start their work to renovate the embankment. It should be identified who are opposing the repair of the town saving dyke, she said.

Cooch Behar (West) MLA and also a secretariat member of the Forward Bloc, Mr Akshay Thakur said demands were raised several times in the past but the administration and the irrigation division did nothing to maintain the embankment. He alleged that government funds have not been used for actual jobs. The 'no fear' assurance of the irrigation division is worthless, he commented. He demanded an immediate survey to identify: why the river water seeped into the town on Wednesday, why there is no arrangement to drain out the additional water, which parts of the embankment are weak and the reasons of it. An all-party meet was held at Mekhliganj over renovation of Teesta embankment and eviction of encroachers, but no similar initiative was taken in Cooch Behar.

Mr Thakur announced that the Forward Bloc would stage a 32-hour sit-in demonstration on 30-31 August demanding renovation of the Torsa dyke. He also demanded a survey on the existing condition of the embankment to identify its weak parts.

President of district Trinamul Congress, Mr Rabindranath Ghosh alleged that the irrigation division and district administration do nothing to maintain the embankment. It is decaying due to lack of regular maintenance. Funds are being misused and it is only inflating the pockets of some unscrupulous contractors and a section of dishonest officials, he alleged. No one saw ever any work to repair the embankment, he said. 

SAVE MEKHLIGANJ

Bid to repair a dyke to save a town

Different political parties reached in a consensus to evict about two hundred families from the embankment of Teesta river to save Mekhliganj town. Accordingly the sub-divisional administration started evicting the families. Similar measure has been demanded in Cooch Behar too to save the heritage town from the rage of Torsa river.

At the first phase, the sub-divisional administration of Mekhliganj took the initiative. They convened an all-party meeting to discuss the problem of erosion of Teesta as the river was posing danger to the town. On Tuesday the meeting was held where the leaders of several political parties reached in a consensus to shift the dwellers that were living on the embankment. They felt that eviction was necessary to pave the way to repair the embankment. It was decided that about 200 families would be evicted from a stretch of about 2300-metre area of the embankment. The evicted families are to get permission to take shelter at a flood rescue shelter and a building of the local regulated market committee.

Though the leaders of the political parties agreed over eviction drive they want adequate compensation to the affected families. However, no decision has been taken at the meeting about extending any compensation to the evicted families.

A senior Forward Bloc leader and also the Mekhliganj MLA, Mr Paresh Adhikary said the town was in danger as the Teesta was approaching towards the town. Several thousands of people reside in Mekhliganj town and it is necessary to take steps to save them. For this reason the eviction plan was adopted and all the parties agreed to it. Rehabilitation and compensation issues may be considered later, he said.

A Congress leader Mr Maya Sankar Singha said they demanded Rs 6,000 as compensation per evicted family.

Mentionworthy, the Teesta is flowing along the Mekhliganj town. A few decades ago an embankment was erected to save the town from the river but it was not regularly maintained and renovated. Now, the condition of the embankment is poor. The problem turned worse as a few hundred families started residing along the embankment. Recently, considering the weak condition of the town saving dyke the irrigation division officials have decided to initiate repairing of the embankment. Following that development the sub-divisional administration had convened an all-party meeting.

In Cooch Behar, the condition of the old dyke along Torsa that is engaged in saving the town is also precarious. On Wednesday afternoon the river water started seeping into the town causing panic among the citizens. On behalf of 'Concern for Cooch Behar' Mr Amal Deb demanded measures to save the town by renovating the dyke. He demanded the district administration to follow the footsteps of Mekhliganj to adopt required measures to save the town from the swelling Torsa. 

stop TRIPARTITE MEETING with gorkha....

The UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA , as well as STATE GOVERNMENT OF WEST
BENGAL WEST BENGAL has no right to sit with gorkha janamukti morcha or
any GORKHA NAMED PARTY OR DEMAND. Govt. must cancel the meeting which
is proposed to be held on 24.07.2010 at north block of delhi. If the
meeting occurs we will have to forward all the documents all the
documents to UNITED NATIONS OF INDIA in regard to a case pending in
the kolkata HIGH COURT demanding the deletion of foreign nationals
names from the darjeeling districts of WEST BENGAL. Janachetana, the
non political organisation which clearly demanded the deletion of
foreign nationals name from the voter list. QUOTING the case of
janachetana, another non political organisation BANGLAR PAKSHE made
it clear today that except one or two while every political party of
india is enjoying the GORKHALAND movement as their game, then we have
no way to demand justice from UNITED NATIONS mentioning the nuisenses
going on in the darjeeling hills and in the dooars area of jalpaiguri
district since last two years. In the name of so called political
movement by a rowdy organisation named GORKHA JANA MUKTI MORCHA
practically there is an agressive shut down going on by the rowdy
elements lead by the rowdy leader BIMAL GURUNG , which is STILL
unmanagable AS BECAUSE BOTH THE STATE AND UNION GOVERMENTS ARE eunuch
governments, ALREADY PROVED. PROFESSOR Achintya Biswas of jadavpur
UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA who is the convenor of BANGLAR PAKSHE
organisation yesterday mentioned a press statement mentioning above
all facts. HIS clear logic is that while there is no community named
GORKHA in any part of the world, how a government can call a meeting
with those miscreants who are still cheating our motherland by
placing the fake identity GORKHA ? Perhaps you are aware that the
SO CALLED gorkhas ARE THOSE PEOPLE those who have fought against
INDIA as butchers. DR.ACHINTYA BISWAS how the butchers like so called
gorkhas of GURKHA REGIMENT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AS INDIAN NATIONALS
WITH THE DEMAND OF A FOREIGN DISTRICTS NAME. FOR YOUR KIND
INFORMATION prof. achintya wants to mention GORKHA is a district of
NEPAL. tushar pradhan

Niraj Korok Sahitya Patra

Niraj Korok Sahitya Patra - 'Sambardhana' felicitation programme at Jalpaiguri.

TREE PLANTATION

Members of Lions Club of Cooch Behar Greater planted saplings at MJN Hospital and Nursing Training Centre premises in Cooch Behar on Sunday. District chairperson of Lions Services for Children Ms Dipanwita Roy, club president Ms Bhupali Roy, secretary Ms Uma Basu and treasurer Ms Suman Chakraborty attended the programme.

GORKHA ADIVASI PRADESH ?

The so called gorkhaland agitators will demand a statehood with
adivasis as because they want to cleanse bengalees. IT WAS MY HUNCH.
And i wrote in on 30.05.2009 it was published in the AAJKAAL bengali
daily on 31.05.2009 almost 11 months before the announcement of BIMAL
GURUNG, the rowdy element of gorkha janamukti morcha. I WON'T LIKE TO
MENTION THE NAME OF BIMAL AS BECAUSE HE IS AN ILLITERATE PERSON. He
has no idea about politics and history.How a person LIKE A CLASS 4
STANDARD EDUCATED bimal will sit with the educated person and he will
understand the anthropological history ? HAVE HE EVER HEARD ABOUT THIS
? WHO WILL HELP HIM AND IF SOMEBODY HELPS HIM HOW BIMAL DIGEST IT ?
tushar pradhan

BUTA SING the agent of GHISINGH

I AM NOW JUST PLACING A LETTER OF MR. BUTA SINGH , FORMER HOME
MINISTER OF INDIA . THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO MR. INDERJIT GUPTA ,
THE THEN HONOURABLE HOME MINISTER OF INDIA ON 16 OCTOBER,1996. I AM
QUOTING THE FULL LETTER. PL READ THE TEXT AS FOLLOWS:

Dear Shri Guptaji, YOU WILL KINDLY RECALL THAT DURING
MY LAST MEETING IN YOUR NORTH BLOCK OFFICE, I HAD REPRESENTED TO YOU
THE CASE OF GORKHA LAND, UTTARAKHAND AND VIDHARBA STATE, YUO HAVE
KINDLY AGREED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER SYMPATHETICALLY. SUBSEQUENTLY I
HAPPENED TO MEET THE gnlf LEADER SHRI SUBASH GHISINGH WHO WAS IN
DELHI. SHRI GHISINGH HAD LEAD THE GORKHA LAND MOVEMENT IN 80'S THE
MOVEMENT HAD DRAWN ATTENTION OF THE COUNTRY AND DARJEELING GORKHA HILL
DEVELOPMENT COUNCILWAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, BY THE PARLIAMENT. THE
COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENGAGING ITSELIF IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF
DARJEELING UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBASH GHISINGH. I
VIVIDLY REMEMBER THAT DURING HIS VISIT LATE SHRI RAJIV GANDHI THE THEN
PRIME MINISTER HAD PAID GLOWING TRIBUTES TO THE LEADERSHIP OFSHRI
SUBASH GHISINGH. AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE COUNCIL WHEN A JOINT PRESS
CONFERENCE WAS ADDRESSED BY ME AND HONOURABLE CHIEF MINISTER OF WEST
BENGAL SHRI JYOTI BASU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY AND
LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBAS GHISINGH.
INSPITE OF THE FACT THE FUNDS PROMISED BY THE CENTRAL GOVT. WERE
INADEQUATE AND OFTEN RELEASED WITH DELAY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE
STATE GOVT. WAS ALSO NOT THE EXPECTATION, INSPITE OF ALL THESE
HANDICAPS AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS, SHRI GHISINGH AND HIS TEAM OF
COUNCILLORS CONTINUED TO RELENTLESSLY PUTTING THEIR BEST EFFORTS FOR
THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLE. THERE IS WIDE AWAKENING IN THE HILL
AND PLAIN AREAS ALIPURDWAR,DARJEELING,KURSEONG AND NEIGHBOURING
DISTRICTS OF AND THE FULL APPRECIATION OF THE WORK DONE BY G.N.L.F.
I THEREFORE FULLY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF THE FULL FLEDGED GORKHA
LAND STATE. I AM SURE AS THE DARJEELING HILL COUNCIL HAS PROVED AS A
MODEL FOR REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE GORKHA LAND STATE WILL ALSO CREATE
A HISTORY OF ITS OWN UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBASH
GHISINGH.
AS I HAD REQUESTED YOU TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO THIS EFFECT IN THE
COMING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. I HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL TAKE
THE NECESSARY ACTION IN THIS REGARD AT THE EARLIEST.
WITH KIND REGARDS.
YOURS SINCERELY,
buta singh , 16, ashok road, new delhi 110001. tele 3755411.

ARREST GHISINGH IMMEDIATELY

WHILE I WAS TALKING TO PROFESSOR dr.achintya biswas of JADAVPUR
UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA in regard to aggressive movement in darjeeling
hills, DR. BISWAS SAID THAT we the indians must demand immediate
arrest of SUBASH GHISINGH, THE PRESIDENT OF gorkha national liberation
front FOR HIS MISCHIEVIOUS ACTIVITIES TO GET THE affiliation of
GORKHA as a community. AS YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY COMMUNITY NAMED gorkha
IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY OR RACE, THE
gorkha IDENTITY AS A COMMUNITY IS A FICTITIOUS IT HAS ALREADY
PROVED.NOW IT IS CLEAR THAT mr.ghisingh has managed to cheat our
motherland in connivance with MR. BUTA SINGH, the then home minister
of india AND the then member of our parliament MR. INDERJIT KHULLER
by creating a false identity NAMED gorkha.IT IS FACT THAT BUTA SINGH
WAS NOT A SO LITERATE PERSON WHO CAN UNDERSTAND THE MEANING WHAT A
COMMUNITY IS. BUT is OUR BUREAUCRATS were sleeping? THE PRESENT UNION
GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE ACTION AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL TO
CLEAR THE DECK TO CREATE A FICTITIOUS gorkha COMMUNITY.WHILE
RECOGNITION OF A COMMUNITY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MATTER, HOW IT HAS
PUBLISHED AS GAZETTE NOTIFICATION? NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY OF HIS OWN, THEN HOW mr. ghisingh MANAGED to overcome the
hurdles? Prof.ACHINTYA BISWAS WANTS THERE MUST BE A SUOMOTO CASE FROM
THE supreme judiciary against GHISHING, BUTA and INDERJIT immediately.
All the three person must be arrested without delay. BEFORE CONTINUING
THE MATTER I WILL MENTION THAT Prof.Biswas is the CONVENOR OF
banglarpakshe, The 2 months old organisation based at kolkata with the
MEMBERS mainly from INTELLECTUALS. THE ORGANISATION IS IN PREPARATION
TO LAUNCH A MOVEMENT AGAINST BOTH THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF WEST
BENGAL, AS WELL AS UNION GOVT. The demands are: government has no
right to sit with the organisations which are identifying themselves
they are the representatives of SO CALLED gorkhas. AS THERE IS NO
COMMUNITY NAMED gorkha IN THE WORLD, THEN THERE WILL BE NO PARTY IN
INDIA WITH A WORD gorkha IN THEIR NAME.WHILE GORKHA IS A VAGUE
COMMUNITY THEN gorkha NAMED PARTIES MUST BE BANNED.
Tushar Pradhan

MAP OF NEPAL

FOR MY RESPECTED READERS I HAVE ALREADY PLACED THE  MAP OF NEPAL WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE gorkha PLACE AND ANCIENT GORKHA KINGDOM IN NEPAL.PLEASE GO THROUGH THE MAP and FIND THE PLACE gorkha THEREIN. READERS OF THIS WEBPAGE ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT gorkha IS ONE THE 75 DISTRICTS OF NEPAL. GORKHA TOWN IS THE HEADQUARTER OF gorkha DISTRICT. PERHAPS YOU HAVE SEEN THE gorkha beer, a famous beer with the brand name GORKHA.. HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN THE ANCIENT GORKHA KINGDOMS PICTURE ALSO.               TUSHAR PRADHAN

GORKHA - PALACE & BEER

The crispy Gorkha Beer.

GORKHA LIQUEUR

MAP OF NEPAL

Map of Nepal. Please watch the map carefully and find out the actual "Gorkha"land which is a district in Nepal. Now it is clear that the demand for a Gorkhaland should be launched in Nepal only, not in India.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

Tushar Pradhan at different places with different celebrities.

Chayote Fruit

The green Chayote fruit that made Indira Gandhi happy.

BUTA SING AND INDERJIT

 DO YOU KNOW THAT buta sing, the then home minister of  india was the main AGENT OF SUBASH GHISINGH. Buta and INDERJIT KHULLER, the then mp of darjeeling both the punjabis worked as the agents  I WILL WRITE THE FACTS SOMEDAYS LATTER.           T.PRADHAN

INDIRA GANDHI WAS SURPRISED

 ONCE  IN A VISIT TO DARJEELING THE THEN PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI WAS INVITED BY MR. K B. SUBBA , HIS PARTY MP OF DARJEELING FOR LUNCH. IN SUBBAS HOUSE MADAM INDIRA WAS SURPRISED BY EATING A VEGETABLE WHICH IS LOCALLY CALLED iskush, IN ENGLISH which is CHAYOTE FRUIT, in BENGALI IT IS kuash. Actually this is not vegetable but both NEPALI and BENGALI people of darjeeling district and other nieghbouring places eats it vegetable commonly prepared as like as green papaya. After eating the preparation of chayot MADAM GANDHI praised a lot. She wanted to know the recipe. a section of our readers may be aware of the chayote fruit but they are not aware the fact the fruit can be eaten as salad. I being a well wisher requests you if it is available to you please eat this vegetable twice daily. IT IS RICH IN potassium mineral with negligeble amount of sodium. THOSE WHO ARE  POTASSIUM DEPRIVED BLOOD PRESSURE PATIENTS ,THEY OFTEN ADVISED BY THEIR DOCTORS TO TAKE NATURAL POTASSIUM RICH FOODS. CHAYOTE IS THE  BEST ONE.  IN THIS FRUIT LIKE VEGETABLE YOU WILL GET CALCIUM,MAGNESIUM, PHOSPHORUS, ZINC, SELENIUM, COPPER, IRON,FOLATE, PROTIEN ETC. IF THIS FRUIT IS EATEN RAW you will get VITAMIN C intact. THE CHAYOTE IS THE  FAMOUS VEGETABLE OF DARJEELING now which is producing in DOOARS also. when you will be in DARJEELING, PLEASE ASK YOUR HOTEL KITCHEN TO SERVE YOU THE CHEAPEST VEGETABLE . READERS  IF ONE OF YOU ARE DEPRIVED OF potassium beside chayote you will be benefited from turmeric,strawberry, spinach,broccoli, avocado, apricots, eggplant, parsley, cauliflower, cabbage,coriander .   TUSHAR PRADHAN

DOWN THE MEMORY LANE

Tushar Pradhan with Suchitra Sen in front of David Hare College at Ballygunge, Kolkata.

Tushar Pradhan with the then Union environment minister Ms Maneka Gandhi while the minister was in her official visit to Alipore Zoo, opposite to Hotel Taj Bengal in Kolkata.

REMEMBERANCE OF THE THINGS PAST 1

I AM IN TOUCH WITH  subash ghisingh, THE gnlf  chief since 1986. So far  I REMEMBER  I  WAS THE FIRST JOURNALIST WHO TOOK HIS TAPE  RECORDED  6 HRS LONG  INTERVIEW  IN REAGARD TO  WHY A DEMAND FOR GORKHALAND RAISED . ON THAT VERY DAY I  ALSO RECORDED THE LIFE OF SUBASH GHISHING FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. AT THAT TIME I WAS WORKING  FOR the hindi daily JANPATH SAMACHAR.  THE SAID NEWSPAPER IS STILL PUBLISHED FROM SILIGURI. PROBABLY IT WAS IN THE MONTH OF MAY1986. BEFORE THAT THE FIRST hint  made by me in A weekly newspaper named BICHITRA BISWA  which was publication of one mr. himangshujyoti kundu, who was himself the editor of that newspaper. THE news item was made by me  in one of the march issue is  that : gorkhaland movement is getting momentum and in the coming days the movement will be aggressive. The newspaper was well circulated but the administration was not serious to take the matter. From the month of june 1986 gnlf started their agitations in the  3 hill subdivisions of the darjeeling district. In the meantime i joined JANPATH SAMACHAR. SOON AFTER MY JOINING I GOT THE ASSIGNMENT TO GET AN INTERVIEW OF SUBASH GHISINGH  AND TO MAKE AN ASSESMENT OF THE SITUATION PREVAILING IN THE HILLS. FROM THOSE I WAS AN EXTENSIVE TRAVELLER TO DARJEELING HILLS AND I WAS STARTED TO WRITING A REGULAR ITEM NAMED gorkhalands diary IN that newspaper.The diary has got the tremendous popularity.WHILE I WAS WORKING FOR THE DAILY MEANS JANPATH SAMACHAR I STARTED TO CONTRIBUTE MY WRITTINGS IN aajkaal, the bengali daily. My REPORTINGS IN aajkaal was first published in 9,10 and 11 august of 1986 in front page in three conscutive days. while i was reading my those articles i found that on the very first day of my reportings i alerted the government  that if you are not going to take action it will be not  be a permanent headache for both the union govermnment and state government of west bengal, it will be like a CIVIL WAR. I think now bothe government feeling the heat.   TUSHAR PRADHAN