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Assistant Editor @The Telegraph
Darjeeling
Joined November 2009
Lhasha Villa- Darjeeling's forgotten link to an Indian "spy" who went to Tibet in the 19th century
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Indian Foreign Service batch of 1984 shares interesting anecdotes of their service tenure https://t.co/SloppWapa3
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Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a former Indian ambassador with roots in Darjeeling, brings four of his peers for a q&a on human face of foreign policy
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Sikkim girl Tribeny Geeta Rai 's film, Shape of Momo selected for National Film Development Corporation of India (NDFC) project
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The countdown to Darjeeling MELOTea Festival has started with the announcement of Kee Marcello's performance. Kee is a former member of Swedish band Europe, whose anthemic song The Final Countdown took the world by storm https://t.co/jSKuUjDcCM
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Apart from headline performances, the MELOtea will also have English and Nepali band competitions with a whopping prize pool of Rs 24.5 lakh
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The family of JW Grant who was instrumental in discovering Darjeeling for the British nearly 200 years ago are back to trace their native mother . https://t.co/36acIA27ZQ
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Nearly two centuries on, Grant’s great-great-great-granddaughter — five generations down the line — and other members of the family are in Darjeeling to trace their “native mother”
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Salesian College Sonada bags second runners up award at Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival held in New York City. The documentary is based on Kamshola Rai, a 17-year old environmentalist from Darjeeling. There were a total of 1287 submissions from 110 countries.
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Darjeeling discovers an unsung Olympian in Kishore Ratna Mani Rai who carried the Indian flag at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics in Canada. But hardly anyone is aware of his achievements.
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A Frenchman cycles across 24 countries and also gets jailed in Russia on his way to enrol in a Himalayan Mountaineering Institute course. HMI scales new heights by enrolling a transgender in the same course for the first time in its history. https://t.co/h78Na3JbUx
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Vincent Hiron said his journey was educative and enjoyable. Among the countries he travelled through were China and Pakistan. He is well aware of the thorny relations between the three neighbours
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Scene of contrast in Sikkim and Bengal on GLOF day. Sikkim plans for the future; in Bengal protesters forced to take the streets demanding adequate compensation. https://t.co/kBeaBe3hYm
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Bonus movement fizzles out as BGPM and TMC leaders fail to turn up at the Darjeeling rally and the management outsmarts the union by crediting 16 percent bonus online before the rally. #DarjeelingTea
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The fate of NH-10, a crucial road connecting China is sealed. Realignment of highway not possible along the same slope; restriction on vehicle movement and strengthening alternative roads should be explored, maintain experts
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Sky, mountain & ocean conquered at one go on one leg https://t.co/y9mGoWvq1r
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