Wichar, a weekly Nepali newspaper completed its 25 years of publication and celebrated its silver jubilee on May 19, 2007, at the Press Club of Sikkim, Gangtok in a simple but well-attended function. While addressing the gathering, Chief Guest Padmashri Sanu Lama and Chairman of Sikkim Academy lauded the contribution of Wichar weekly and commended its significant role towards the cause of well and balanced journalism in Sikkim. During its last 25 years, Shri Lama expressed that Wichar played a significant role in highlighting the struggle of the Nepali language recognition movement and the demand for separate statehood of Darjeeling. Apart from that, Shri Lama further said that with the pioneering efforts of its editor, Subash Deepak, many poets and writers too started writing and thus the publication helped to nurture talent in the literary field. An octogenarian sr. journalist and president of Press Club of Sikkim, Shri C.D.Rai, who presided over the function said that Wic...
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