The misrepresentation of Darjeeling Hills and her people is evident with the Government Maps showing Darjeeling as Darjiling, the national news media which should keep accurate knowledge of the land and her people offered a flak when the popular NDTV in one of its news showed Kurseong as Karsiyang situated in Bangladesh. Map courtesy www.wikipedia.org http://beacononline.wordpress.com/
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