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

Remembering my Botany Honours Batch of 2002-2003, Sikkim Government of College, Tadong. There are a few we never met after our graduation and there are a couple we will never meet again. Wishing you all a good life wherever you are. Pratibha Singh, Devika Rai, Sonam Sherpa, Lanzey Bhutia, Sabita Neopany, Prasanna Rai, Dr JP T Sir, Sushma Sharma, Laxmi Gupta, Tara Negi, Alokananda Dasgupta, Ram Sharma , Shital Pradhan, Ram Kumar, Bikash Subba, Rajeev Chettri and Ramesh Prasad.

 

Silver Oak Tree planted by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 I  am sure many of us have seen this Silver Oak tree at  Amdo Golai, near Tadong opposite the traffic point that leads to Indira Bye Pass. More than a decade back there used to be a foundation stone that had words inscribed -  Planted by Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1984 . Today I look at this heritage tree and feel sad it seems to have lost its glory and its history. I am sure in the near future the concerned department will surely look into this matter. 22.11.23 : Even after ten years of this post, the tree is strong and beautiful. I am sure someday this tree will have her moment and will be declared a national heritage. 

By Arpan Pradhan Meena Rani Mukhia award ceremony was organized at Tadong Government Senior Secondary school on 3rd of December 2011, Saturday. This was the initiative taken by former principal of Tadong government senior secondary school to felicitate the top students of each class. And also the entire programme was sponsored by Mrs. Meena Rani Mukhia former principal of Tadong Sr. Sec. School. In the event class topper of every classes starting from class – i   to class – xii were awarded with a certificate and cash prize. As Mrs. Meena Rani Mukhia takes a bit more interest in the girl education she also had also initiated an award “best girl of Tadong School”. The criterion for “best girl of school” is, she must be studying in the school since the pre-primary level and the same was awarded to Miss Dil Kumari who studied in Tadong School for almost 13 years. In the programme area councilor Mr. Prabhat Gurung was also present. present in the event was Mrs. Doma L. Zimba, Pr...

I had experienced several ups and downs in my life, but to me, my darkest hour still remains the 27th of May, 2000. How could I forget that day that shattered me, and my life turned out to be nowhere? Today, though, I did fight against the odds and came out a winner, but still, that day remains the darkest moment in my life. I want to assure my readers that I had RW during my B.Sc examination. I never knew that ‘RW’ means ‘Result Withheld’ until I saw my remarks along with the graduation part 2 result posted on the notice board of Sikkim Government College. With the Botany Honours group at Kolkata It was some eight years ago that the world was excited about the Y2K bug, and I was part of the crowd at Tadong, Sikkim Government College, nurturing dreams of making it big. I had been staying in a small room at Daragoan those days with two friends, one of whom was my batchmate and the other an old school friend who, at the time, was working independently at a private firm in Tadong. ...

Satyajit Ray with former King and Queen of Sikkim BY SHITAL PRADHAN I never wanted to be a teacher, and at the same time, I never had any options. I had always been interested in history since school, but destiny had other careers for me. When I completed high school, I compromised my dream of becoming an archaeologist and opted for Pure Science streams simply to please my father. In my early schooling days, we were taught to plant dreams, and I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. Tutankhamun, Stonehenge, Crop Circles, Incas, Mayas, ancient civilizations, and many others were the only things I fantasized about. I regularly visited forest areas in my hometown and searched for things, believing that I was an archeologist and was destined to discover it. Funny ways of life. One day, I found a fossil; it was a petrified fossil with an impression of a Gramineae leaf.  Since 2003, I have been trying to get more information about it without success. I completed my Pure Science...

Extensive search on to locate the youth GANGTOK, June 15: Five college students who went for adventure trekking from Kabi to Paach Pokhari in North Sikkim ended with a missing participant on June 13 on their way back to Kabi. The student trekkers namely Tenzing Chepo (20) of Sichey here studying at a Kolkata based college, Ganesh Darjee (18) of Kabi, Tenzing Tshering Bhutia (21) of Sikkim Government Collage, Tadong, Chung Chung Bhutia of Penlong and another whose identity is still unknown set off from Kabi on June 10 morning. On the first day they reportedly crossed forests and reached Zithang where they halted for the night in tents with the cowherds in the forest. The next day, they reached Paach Pokhari, where they spend the night. On June 12, the set off for return trek and halted at Zithang. In the morning of June 13, the group of five headed back to Kabi. On the way, it was learnt that two of the trekkers were walking in pairs and Tenzing Chepo was treading a...