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Parimal Bhattacharya
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The fate of a Lepcha spy who was sent to Tibet to survey the Yarlung Tsangpo (or the Brahmaputra)
Parimal Bhattacharya’s book, ‘Bells of Shangri-La’ recounts the adventures of scholars and spies in Tibet, including the famous Pandit Kinthup.
Parimal Bhattacharya
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Meet Sarat Chandra Das: The spy who came in from the cold of Tibet and wrote a book about it
How did a middle-class Bengali become a British agent in the forbidden kingdom?
Parimal Bhattacharya
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‘No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight’: Why Gorkhas want their own state
A new book explores the real reasons for alienation among the people of Darjeeling.
Parimal Bhattacharya
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
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First Brexit made me feel an outsider in Britain. Now Covid-19 has made me feel unwanted in India
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Julio Ribeiro: By arresting Disha Ravi for sedition, the government is tilting at windmills