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

One of the reasons that I am getting less time for my blog is due to my involvement in the agriculture field. You heard it right, we are into agriculture and believe me we just had our first vegetable and that was tori ko saag . It might have been a small offering from this huge field, nevertheless, we are enjoying it and that is what matters the most. We had taken a 5 acre land on lease and have sowed tori (mustard), Anupama bean, and potato right now and in coming days we shall be into zinger and cardamom, while plans of integrated farming are also in the threshold.   One of the motives we are into this area, where three of whom are associated partners is truly raw persons when it comes to farming. We are together; with our interest and for the support of Sikkim State’s mission of Organic State. With each passing day, we are learning and with each passing day our interests are also getting deep-rooted We just plucked our mustard leaves (for vegetables) and it was a wonde...

It was a monkey day out at Shantinagar for few days, a monkey escaped from the nearby forest and had been making merry at Shantinagar, a kilometer from Singtam. The monkey even entered our kitchen through the window and messed up the vegetables from the table rack. I was told that in the morning my wife had to hide herself into the 'mandir room' along with my three year old daughter. The people who had the close encounter told that is an entangled mark at the neck of the poor animal and could be that the animal had escape for his life.