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

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  These newspaper cuttings belong from the personal collection of Late Pem Tshering and are now under her daughter Sabnam Lama. Late Pem Tshering had done marvelous work in putting off the newspaper cuttings that hit the headlines all over the world regarding the political turnover at Tibet in 1959 through the newspaper of Amrita Bazar Patrika, he passed away in 1975 and he was Inspector of Police, Frontier Check Post posted at Kalimpong.

The letter Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal wrote to Indira Gandhi when Sikkim Royal Palace was attacked by the Indian Army I believe this piece of the article was more of a documentary as the title suggests "The Story of Sikkim". A part of many stories in opinions24x7 blog. The article gives a simple narration about Sikkim in brief. What I liked the most was the annexation part and as in my part what I see I share. So this interesting piece of the  extract is provided here which did touch my heart, especially the "letter" sent by our Chogyal (King) to Indira Gandhi when Sikkim Royal Palace was attacked by the Indian Army. What actually happened with Priyanka Tiwari, air hostess at Kingfisher Airline in Kolkata ?     High profile case better you don’t speak was told on the phone- Father Sikkim Rock Star keeps promises; send two to Kolkata auditions Sikkim Rock Star, a dance and singing-based musical show keeping up its promises has sent two of its part...

HELP REQUIRED: Looking for family members of late Bimshamsir Pradhan from Gangtok I am looking for the family members of late Bimshamsir Pradhan from Gangtok who left India and stayed in Sarawak, Malaysia. He went to Malaysia in 1961. He was married to Rohani (her other name is Pawi) and also has a daughter Lolita Bhimshamsir Pradhan. He was in Gorkha Regiment that went to Malaysia.   First MP of Sikkim passes away   The first Lok Sabha member from Sikkim, SK Rai passed away today morning at his residence here at 6th Mile, Tadong after a prolonged illness. When I was Decius Brutus for a day? The drama for me was my first attempt at English lingo and that was enough to give myself a jerk. My comfort level on being selected to play the role of Decius Brutus, one of the conspirators was enough to give a fright to my small heart from day one was not what I would love to talk about. Interestingly in Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar , Deci...

  Mrs Saroja Pradhan and Umesh Pradhan selected to witness the parade from the Prime Minister’s Box Mrs. Saroja Pradhan from Harkamaya College of Education , Tadong, Sikkim and Mr. Umesh Pradhan from Damber Singh College, Tadong, Sikkim was chosen to witness the Republic Day parade from the VVIP box at Rajpath in New Delhi. Mrs Saroja Pradhan, has done her M Ed from Harkamaya College of Education in the year 200-8-2009, was the topper in her batch scoring 75.88%. Umesh Pradhan, a student of Damber Sing College  in the session 2008-09, was also the topper with 71% . Once upon a time there was....a River Teesta   The River Teesta for the people of Singtam obviously has greater outlook attached towards it. Even I recall myself growing along with the Teesta River at Singtam; playing with its waves at river banks. I even have another sentimental attachment with the great river when I ended up the last walk of my mother’s funeral at it...

These newspaper cuttings belong from the personal collection of Late Pem Tshering and are now under her daughter Sabnam Lama. Late Pem Tshering had done marvelous work in putting off the newspaper cuttings that hit the headlines all over the world regarding the political turnover at Tibet in 1959 through the newspaper of Amrita Bazar Patrika, he passed away in 1975 and he was Inspector of Police, Frontier Check Post posted at Kalimpong.

 

This newspaper cuttings belongs from the personal collection of Late Pem Tshring and now under her daughter Sabnam Lama. Late Pem Tshering had done a marvelous work in putting off the newspaper cuttings that hit  the headlines all over the world regarding the  political  turnover at Tibet in 1959 through the newspaper of Amrita Bazar Patrika, he passed away in 1975 and he was Inspector of Police, Frontier Check Post posted at Kalimpong.

SNGTAM: The 30 th edition of the famed monthly literary and cultural meet of Basibiyalo at Singtam added a new chapter in their progress with 12-year-old Ketan Mangla, from Rangpo reciting a poem in Hindi language and Kashmira Pradhan, a teenager singer from Gangtok rendering a heart touching English version of classic Celine Dion’s title track from the film Titanic.  Popular singer and anchor Remanti Rai from Gangtok made her first public appearance at Singtam as a singer, along with a couple of new female debutants in the singing field. Sujata Chettri and Melody Mukhia from Singtam made their first presentation in front of audiences. Also performing on the day were Prakash Sundas, Namchi Mahotsav 2010 winner from Gangtok, Gita Sharma, singer of the soon to be released Prashant Tamang Nepali movie “Angalo Yo Maya Ko” from Singtam, Sumitra Shanker, top five of Namchi Mahatsov 2010 from Namchi and the sisters’ duo of Kashmira and Aayushi Pradhan from Gangtok. Ranjita Pradha...

Bindhya Singh, an upcoming actress from the town of Singtam features in the latest issue of Yuva Manch, nepali magazine from Siliguri. Bindhya is also part of forthcoming nepali film " Angola Yo Maya Ko" staring Prashant Tamang.

All pic by Tenpa Transhimalayan Arts

This newspaper cuttings belongs from the personal collection of Late Pem Tshring and now under her daughter Sabnam Lama. Late Pem Tshering had done a marvelous work in putting off the newspaper cuttings that hit  the headlines all over the world regarding the  political  turnover at Tibet in 1959 through the newspaper of Amrita Bazar Patrika, he passed away in 1975 and he was Inspector of Police, Frontier Check Post posted at Kalimpong.

Starting from today i shall be sharing a newspaper cuttings from the collection of Late Pem Tshering who had done a marvelous work in putting off the newspaper cuttings that hit  the headlines all over the world regarding the  political  turnover at Tibet in 1959 through the newspaper of Amrita Bazar Patrika. Late Pem Tshering passed away in 1975 and he was Inspector of Police, Frontier Check Post posted at Kalimpong.

I first came to know about such types of contrails last year when in the month of November, December and January this year, series of such unheard things had made headlines in this part of the state. Contrails were reported from different part of the state. But the one contrail that was caught from a mobile phone of Suneel Dangal, my good friend from Central Pandam yesterday was something different from what was seen last year. The contrail that was shot by Suneel was something curved and fascinating than those straight lines we had seen last year. An eyewitness from Rangpo told that he first saw an object and within a couple of minute those white clouds followed. Nevertheless it is still unknown what sort of fighter planes or any other object was making a move at the sky of Sikkim.

Mass teaching by Dalai Lama at Gangtok Pic: Sikkim Reporter CM receinving Buddha image from Dalai Lama at Minktokgang. Mrs. Chamling looks on. Pic: Sikkim Reporter

{ A small state of Sikkim won Silver and four Bronze medals at the recent National Philatelic Exhibition held at Ohkla, New Delhi on December 10-12 but the greatest achievement Sikkim made at the event was it made its presence felt among the other states. }  I last participated at the National Philatelic Exhibition in Chennai in December 2008 and the moment I found my possibility to be part of the Delhi National Exhibition I could not let my excitement go off. The organizing committee wanted me to be the State Representative of my state which I happily agreed to. There was an expectation that Sikkim would send a maximum entry at the exhibition to which I am crossing my fingers. I had a talk with Ganesh Pradhan, President of Sikkim Philatelic Society and he too voiced that we should send more entries than the last exhibition. Last December Sikkim had sent three entries at Vadodara Single Frame National Exhibition where Roshan Prasad and I went to win the individual Sapphire Awar...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about the changing role of science in a clip from his opening address at the International Conference for Science, Spirituality and Education held in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, on December 20th, 2010.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama acknowledging the crowd after his talk at Buddha Park in Ravangla, Sikkim, India, on December 19th, 2010. His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting the crowd at Buddha Park in Ravangla, Sikkim, India, on December 19th, 2010. His Holiness the Dalai Lama planting a tree sapling at Buddha Park in Ravangla, Sikkim, India, on December 19th, 2010. Traditional Tibetan dancers perform for His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Mani Chokhor Ling Monastery in Ravangla, Sikkim, India, on December 18th, 2010. All Photo: Tenzin Choejor/ OHHDL

Sikkim’s history is full of surprises! Just when you think you know everything, a new discovery appears. I recently found an old receipt for a "Sikkim Raffle" from the year 1960. It was organized by the H.R. Charities Fund in Gangtok. The back of the paper even showed photos of past winners receiving drafts for Rs 45,000, which later increased to Rs 75,000. What is really interesting is where these prizes were given. Even though the raffle was from Sikkim, the winners were presented with their prize money in big cities like New Delhi and Kanpur. This shows that the raffle was very popular even outside of the mountains. The money was guaranteed by Sikkim’s government bankers and paid through the State Bank of India in Darjeeling. The raffle was officially allowed by both the Government of Sikkim and the Government of India in 1959. This makes it a very important piece of history. It shows that Sikkim had a very organized way of raising money for charity a long time ago. Ho...

Ganesh Pradhan, President of Sikkim Philatelic Society Roshan Prasad Singtam: Ganesh Pradhan, President of the Sikkim Philatelic Society, on behalf of the club, has congratulated the young budding philatelists from Sikkim who bagged five medals at the recent National Philatelic Exhibition held at Okhla, New Delhi. Sikkim won Silver and three Bronze Medals in the Senior Category along with another Bronze in the Youth Section. In his message, Ganesh Pradhan said that Sikkim was represented by 9 philatelists, which had as many as six philatelists participating in a national event for the first time. Roshan Prasad, who had won the Sapphire Award at Vadodara in December 2009, managed the lone Silver for the State for his collection on “Cricket” while Shital Pradhan, who also had won a Sapphire Award at Vadodara in December 2009, went on to win two Bronze medals in philatelic display for his exhibit on “Sikkim through Philately"...