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Truely Gangtok has changed over the years

After watching this particular photograph on Gangtok from a blog; http://baiyu-places.blogspot.com/2009/07/unwinding-in-sikkim.html, Truely Gangtok has changed over the years.

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  2. dear shital pradhan

    i`ve been a avid follower of your articles since the WEEKEND REVIEW days when i was in class 9....and now.. as a graduate and a chartered accountant in the making...i`m still hooked on to your articles. i recently discovered your blog and i find it a treasure of your articles on sikkim`s history. although i`m a commerce student however i`m deeply interested in sikkim and i a marwari but born and brought up in sikkim and my family living here for three generations like amny other marwari busniess community families... sikkim is my motehr land, my homeland and i`m too proud to be a sikkimese. i too am a avid follwer of sikkimese history and its my hobby to research on it and thus i strike a chord with u i this passion. i`d love to contribute articles, poems and photographs om sikkim`s history soon and would love to meet up with u and explore sikkim... and take up this hobby and passion seriously. kindly give me your contact details so that i can get i touch with u and together further our common passion!

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