Kalimpong

Among many of the qualms that have perturbed the educated locals in Kalimpong forcing them to launch protests across spaces of the town, few of them may briefly be summarised.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

She, however, boasts of living and studying in Kalimpong before they left the place.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

The novel, although not directly based, has a foundation in Kalimpong Town located in the western part of Darjeeling Hills in Eastern Himalayas.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

They were introduced in Kalimpong much after the British left India.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

One of the recent reviews further tells us that the author lived in Kalimpong for six weeks in 2002 for the purpose of research while she was in the process of writing her novel.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

First, Kalimpong is not as bad during monsoons as highlighted by Kiran Desai.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

Hence, Nepali speakers in Kalimpong did not immigrated as plantation labours but as subsistent agriculturists.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

Second, the author has been unable to differentiate between the Nepali speakers who have been bonafide Indian citizens and those with Nepal citizen but working in Kalimpong on a seasonal basis.

Reader reviews of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 2006

Power lines snapped in the West Bengal cities of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, which "are now in total darkness," state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, according to Press Trust of India.

Strong quake hits India, Nepal; 30 dead 2011

Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images Tibetan dancers wore traditional costumes before their performance at a cultural show in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, Dec. 14, 2010.

India This Week 2010