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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Advocacy for Darjeeling-Sikkim merger begins (nn 13/05/2008)

North-east hunger strikers warned, by Subir Bhaumik (BBC News 02/08/2007)

For all-round development, interview with Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (Frontline 02/12/2006), Stable and peaceful (Frontline 02/12/2006), Harvest of prosperity, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (Frontline 02/12/2006), Land of flowers (Frontline 02/12/2006), Tourist's paradise, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (Frontline 02/12/2006) 

Happy days are here again: The re-opening of the Nathu-la may bolster trade relations, but will it change the status of immigrant Chinese in India? by Sumanta Sen (tc 19/07/2006)

Himalayan Blender: After 44 years, trade cuts the barbed wire fence that separated India from China, by Jaideep Mazumdar (oi 08/07/2006)

Key trade route on China-India border through Sikkim to open, by Anil K Joseph (oi 06/04/2006)

Imagining Darjeeling and Sikkim: Two populations who prefer to look the other way when they pass on the street, because they are really the same people, by Tanka B Subba (Himal Southasian, March/April 2006)

Seeking the tribe Ethno-politics in Darjeeling and Sikkim, by Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin (Himal Southasian, March/April 2006)

Chettri, Bhawun and Newar non-included in central list (nk 08/01/2006)

Nathu La infrastructure by September-end, by Marcus Dam (Hindu 29/07/2005)

Nepal’s loss is Sikkim’s gain (Statesman, Calcutta 21/05/2005)

Sikkim hails Chinese recognition (NDTV 12/04/2005)

Sikkim tug-of-war on Wen visit eve, by Pranay Sharma (Telegraph, Calcutta 09/04/2005

Sikkim settled, boundary issue to be put aside: Chinese envoy (New Kerala 01/04/2005)

Delhi wants China to clear air on Sikkim, by Pranay Sharma (Telegraph, Calcutta 31/03/2005

Sikkim, Uttaranchal both ‘cautious’ (kp 04/11/2004)

Displaced Nepali kids suffer in Sikkim (kp 30/08/2004)

A look back at a long-lost cause, by Charisma Lepcha (kp 29/08/2004)

ADB to help promote Sikkim financially (ht 19/07/2004)

Sikkim honors Nepali speaking Indians, by Narayani Ganesh (kp 18/07/2004)

Chamling rides on, by Suhrid Sankare Chattopadhyay (fl 22/05/2004)

Three foreign women compose Sikkim’s dirges and vanish, by Peter J. Karthak (kp 19/05/2004)

Rumtek’s endless and painful wait for the 17th Karmapa, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 13/05/2004)

Monks in Sikkim catch election fever, by Syed Zarir Hussain (ht 09/05/2004)

Advantage SDF, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (fl 08/05/2004)

Shining India’s ‘Shining Sikkim’, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 07/05/2004)

Goods set to pass through Nathula soon, by Kosmos Biswokarma (ht 25/03/2004), Sikkim set for tourism boom after Nathula opening (ht 28/03/2004)

Glimpses of Sikkim, by Anugraha Sharma (pr 04/03/2004)

Sikkim traders fear Tibetans’ influx (ht 01/03/2004)

Flagged off to the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim !, by Peter J. Karthak (kp 21/01/2004)

A pass to prosperity, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (fl 06/12/2003)

Smash and Grab: Annexation of Sikkim, by Sunanda K Datta-Ray (People's Review, 16/10/2003)

Sikkim is for Sikkimese, by BN Dahal (People's Review, 16/10/2003)

Sikkim vanishes from China Web, by Seema Mustafa (Asian Age, 08/10/2003), Sikkim, no longer an `independent country' on official Chinese website, by Amit Baruah (Hindu, 09/10/2003)

Sikkim today, by Vijaya Chalise (Himalayan Times, 29/09/2003)

The Sikkim Saga, by B.S. DAS (People's Review, 04/09/2003), see also part 2 (11/09/2003), part 6 (13/11/2003)

A route of hope, by Naunidhi Kaur (Frontline, 02/08/2003), Trade in the olden days, Naunidhi Kaur (Frontline, 02/08/2003)

Background

Official web site of Govt of Sikkim

District web sites:

The Gangtok Times, a weekly newspaper

Gateway to Information on Sikkim

Sikkim Democratic Front, the currently ruling political party