Vimal Khawas
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Professor, Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Founding Member, Sikkim University.
New Delhi/Kalimpong/Slg, India
Joined July 2010
I write: Quest for Gorkhaland: A century-long struggle for identity and autonomy The Gorkhaland demand in Darjeeling has persisted for over 100 years, driven by the Gorkha community's quest for statehood. Despite partial administrative measures, the issue remains unresolved,
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The Gorkhaland demand in Darjeeling has persisted for over 100 years, driven by the Gorkha community's quest for statehood. Despite partial administrative measures, the issue remains unresolved,...
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Even the expensive and reportedly high fiber Nutri Choice has palm oil in it.
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A senior IES officer, currently advisor in the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, GoI, asked me to list three priority areas for the rapid growth and development of NE India. I listed the following: 👇 The three most crucial, immediate, and practically implementable policy
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The Government of West Bengal has not declared the Darjeeling devastating of Oct 4-5 2025 that claimed close to 30 lives as a disaster, so far. A senior administrative officer said to me the govt may not. Declaration of the event as disaster would mobilise Central Disaster Fund.
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Salary of Rs. 5400 per month and unpaid for over 3 months. The story of #Lepcha language teachers in the hills of North Bengal. They have been protesting demanding the inclusion of their endangered language in the school curriculum in #WestBengal ! https://t.co/wb2h0YKs9N
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Lepcha teachers in primary schools of West Bengal’s GTA region are protesting in Kalimpong, demanding regular salaries and expansion of Lepcha teaching
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This road has been virtually blocked since oct 04, 2023 GLOF...and it is sept 16, 2025 now. We seldom talk about it seriously. Similar is the case further downstream in places like chumakdangi and tote goan. This is what I call 'disaster injustice' within the same basin.
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The Himalayan region, often termed as the "third pole" and the "water tower of South Asia," is one of the world's most critical resource zones. This youngest fold mountain range, characterized by active geomorphic processes, plays an indispensable role in providing
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The Himalayan region, often termed as the "third pole" and the "water tower of South Asia," is one of the world's most critical resource zones. This youngest fold mountain range, characterized by...
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Now the question is, where will Nepal go from here. Corrupt leaders might have fled but the system and bureaucracy that runs it are intact. There needs to be a structural change in the system. Let there be a new Nepal.
I am inside the Nepal Parliament right now. Nepali Youth are celebrating the fall of KP Sharma Oli Govt and Parliament being gutted in Kathmandu. The Nepal Parliament is burning.
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Nepal in the process of another structural transformation.
MEANWHILE IN NEPAL: The number of deaths from police force used in the demonstration organized by the 'Gen Z' generation against corruption in Kathmandu's New Baneshwor has reached at least 4. In the demonstration that took place on Monday, among those seriously injured by
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When modern engineering and technology fail, vernacular/traditional knowledge rescues us. When science fails, people's science comes to our rescue.
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Northeast India, with under 8% of the country's land and less than 4% of its population, boasts about 35% of India's water resources and 40% of its hydropower potential. Recent reports, on the possibility, of over 70 million tonnes of untapped rare earth elements (REEs) in the
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@More info at https://t.co/dFJxl7hUa9. Please circulate. Thanks! @DoWRRDGR_MoJS @waterrescon @JNU_official_50 @ShivNadarUni @rinan_shah @vimalkhawas
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One of the most powerful pictures of our time, symbolizing a pivotal moment in international diplomacy.
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CSRDian/JNUite, Batchmate. Very happy and looking forward for a fruitful research and policy collaborations on the critical themes of NE India and neighbourhood.
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Seeds of connection. We need to protect and preserve our community knowledge bases. https://t.co/DhunrQIN3M
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It's important for the country to know that it was an Indian Gorkha who composed and tuned the INA song 'kadam kadam badhaey ja...' and tuned 'jana gana mana' that subsequently became India's national anthem.
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