The shocking slaying of Madan Tamang, the main opposition leader of Darjeeling, in the centre of town on the morning of 21 May, plunged politics in the Hills to a
Subash Ghising has been the satrap of the Darjeeling hills for two decades. Responsibility for the region´s endemic problems sits squarely on his shoulders - and on Delhi and Calcutta powerbrokers that have helped him consolidate.
