Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

JORETHANG , December 23: The one-leaf 2008 calendar featuring the first Kirat King Yallambar dating back to 400 BC and set on the backdrop of Mount Khangchendzonga along with the images of men and womenfolk attired in their traditional dress during a Rai festival and printed both in Bantawa script and in English was unveiled at a ceremony today morning at Baiguney Rodung Khim in Jorethang. Minister for the State Rural Management Development Department, KN Rai launched the chic, artistic calendar amidst thunderous applause. The calendar priced at Rs 50 each has been designed and printed by Ashit Rai, one of the active members of the Akhil Kirat Rai Sangh youth wing. One of the chief reasons behind printing the calendar was to accumulate funds for the smooth functioning of the youth wing committee which, according to Ashit Rai is still in its nascent phase as far as its monetary aspect is concerned. “By doing so, the youths of the Rai community can prove our worth that we...

Anushika Pradhan tending bar at the Dublin Pub in the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in New Delhi , India.  NEW DELHI — Yet another British-era law has been toppled like a drunk from a bar stool, in a change that gives women the freedom to make a living mixing the perfect cosmopolitan . In overturning a 1914 law that prohibited women from tending bar here in the capital, the Supreme Court of India this month not only raised a glass to change social mores in this country but also gave Indian women access to one of the most lucrative jobs in the new economy. Prosperity has resulted in the proliferation of trendy bars across urban India and, as upscale as some of them are, with a glass of Bordeaux costing as much as a labourer’s weekly wage, drinking in the minds of middle-class Indians is beginning to lose its whiff of vice and danger. On any given night, in any fashionable barroom in big-city India, women can be seen drinking merrily — sometimes even without th...

NAMCHI , December 20 : Eleven contestants have been shortlisted for the quarter-final of the Swar Sikkim Bal Tara competition to be held tomorrow here at the Community Hall .  In the first audition of the talent hunt show held today, at least 60 children had participated. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Padmashree Sanu Lama as the chief guest. Appreciating the Swar Sikkim team in their endeavour to expose the hidden singing talents amongst the children in the State, he urged parents and guardians to motivate their wards in the field of music. “It will also accustom children to perform on stage with confidence, he said. Chunilal Ghimirey , a noted artist and writer highlighted the aims and objectives of the program, which is, in fact, the first of its kind in Sikkim. The eleven quarter-finalists are Romani Sharma , Animesh Chtteri , Phurba Tamang , Mahesh Subba , Anup Chettri , Amarjit Baitha , Sidharth Shilal , Manisha Sharma , Paljor Lepcha , Riya Pradhan , and Mi...

Rajender Singh Negi OneWorld South Asia   20 December 2007 New Delhi: Located in a small hamlet in Boormajra in Punjab’s Ropar district , a government school was adjudged as India’s greenest school for the second time. The second and third prizes went to Government Secondary School, Daramdin, Sikkim and Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi respectively. At a ceremony here in New Delhi on December 17, Prof Krishna Kumar , director, National Council for Educational Research and Training gave Green School Awards 2007 to all 20 schools short-listed from all over the country. Gobar Times Green School Programme (GSP) was started last year by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-profit organisation. Sunita Narain , director, of CSE, explained the reason behind starting the programme: “We started this programme because we very strongly believed that the environmental issue was going to be absolutely critical in India and that this issue would...

People’s Culture, Religion And Food Security In Sikkim By Tara Dhakal 19 December, 2007 Countercurrents.org C an one’s religion and culture be bidded? Can Dzongu (a pilgrimage for Lepcha indigenous tribes ) be bidded to private businessmen for hydropower? It is like bidding Mecca (Muslim pilgrimage), Badrinath/Jagannath (Hindu pilgrimage), and Vatican (Christian) for private businessmen/industries. Our constitution guarantees us the fundamental right of “Freedom of Religion” and building a hydropower in Dzongu is to deny Lepcha’s their fundamental rights. If hydropower corporate agenda, privatizations or capitalists ideas is valued more than our constitutional guarantee then why do we need such constitution or are even asked to abide by it? If development is for the rich and the powerful and based on...

http://sikkimreporter.com/ Gangtok : Sikkim Viklang Sahayata Samiti ( SVSS ) at Zero Point , in collaboration with Bhagwan Mahabir Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) of Jaipur , is holding an eight-day long workshop, December 17 to 24, to provide artificial limbs and caliper free of cost to the physically handicapped. The workshop, supported by the state Health Department , was inaugurated on Monday by Mr. GM Gurung , Minister of Human Resource Development Department (HRDD). Mr. NK Pradhan, MLA , Gangtok, Mr. SK Sarda , President of Sikkim Chamber of Commerce, Miss Draupadi Ghimiray , President of SVSS , Mr. Subha Narayan Das from Asha Bhawan Centre, Kolkata , and technicians from BMVSS, were present, among others. Till afternoon on the day, at least 15 physically handicapped persons (male and female) from Timi Tarku, Lingdong Subuk , and adjoining places g...

NEW DELHI : A government school at Boormajra in Punjab’s Ropar district , a rural school in a remote corner of Sikkim and one school each from Delhi and Noida have been adjudged the “greenest” in the country by the Centre for Science and Environment. These schools were conferred the Green Schools Awards-2007 at a ceremony organised here on Monday. The awards -- being given out since 2006 under CSE’s Green Schools Programme -- were presented this year by National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) director Krishna Kumar. The top award this year was bagged by the Government School at Boormajra for the second time. In 2006, the school had beaten all other contenders in the race by presenting remarkably precise audit documents. The data also reflected the effort that the school community -- with limited resources -- had made in managing its water. The school was reusing almost 50 per cent of the spillage from taps to irrigate the school grounds. “In 2007, the stud...

NEW DELHI : A government school at Boormajra in Punjab’s Ropar district, a rural school in a remote corner of Sikkim and one school each from Delhi and Noida have been adjudged the “greenest” in the country by the Centre for Science and Environment . These schools were conferred the Green Schools Awards-2007 at a ceremony organised here on Monday. The awards -- been given out since 2006 under CSE’s Green Schools Programme -- were presented this year by National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) director Krishna Kumar. The top award this year was bagged by the Government School at Boormajra for the second time. In 2006, the school had beaten all other contenders in the race by presenting remarkably precise audit documents. The data also reflected the effort that the school community -- with limited resources -- had made in managing its water . The school was reusing almost 50 per cent of the spillage from taps to irrigate the school grounds.  “In 2007, the st...

(NEWS taken from other sources) S iliguri:,17 Dec: A girl working in a call girl centre here became the victim of Dalals who was sold at Pune. Despite being educated and conscious, the girl was falsely given the fake form of a call centre at Pune and asked to appear for an interview there. The Dalals also arrange to talk to the employer telephonically.  Believing that she would get a handsome salary, she left Siliguri and went to Pune but she was sold to the brothel and she knew the truth only after she was sold. However, she managed to inform her house about the truth and Siliguri Police managed to rescue the girl and she narrated the whole story.  Earlier, police rescued two girls of Sikkim from Pune. There are many missing girls from Sikkim and Darjeeling and it is doubted that most of them might have been sold in the brothel. Two girls as shown in the picture are missing some months ago from Lapchey Busty, Badamt...

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  G angtok, 13 Dec:  The Ruling Sikkim Democratic Front Party observed the Government formation  day on December 12, 2007, at its headquarters here. Addressing the party workers, Party President and Chief Minister  Chamling  said that the year 2008 is declared as the year of 'discharge your responsibility year.'    He appealed to all his party workers and the people to work and dischge their duty for the development of the State and take all the opportunities being generated in the State.