Sikkim
What really makes a Sikkimese?
India’s Supreme Court set off a storm by describing Sikkimese-Nepalis as people of “foreign origin.” As “Indian” Old Settlers fight for new rights, Sikkim’s Bhutia-Lepcha and Nepali communities face a reckoning over belonging and identity.
Mona Chettri | May 01, 2023
Sikkim’s ecological fragments
The significant environmental and livelihood benefits of forest fragments are recognised by people but not in policy.
Urbashi Pradhan | Dec 08, 2014
The long-ago fight for Kirant identity
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the eastern Himalayan region was a hotbed of conflict as the indigenous communities pitched themselves against Tibetan Buddhist and Gorkhali hegemony. Hitherto unstudied manuscripts afford a new understanding of …
Ramesh K Dhungel | Oct 01, 2006
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