Tourists attacked with iron rods and choppers. Was a particularly heavy statement we came across in the West Bengal Telegraph under a leading article entitled "The Hills on the brink of flare up". Darjeeling, in the North of the state rests in the Himalayas. It is famous for its tea, and more notably, for its Gurkhas with 95% of the surrounding population being this distinct, proud race, originally from Nepal who gave us sherpas such as Tenzing Norgay (joint first on Everest) and a formidable fighting force alongside the British in WW2. But they were also apparently responsible for bricking tourist buses and injuring elderly tourists with choppers. hmmm. We bit the bullet and decided getting bludgeoned by iron rods was a one-off mistake back in June, and that they actually love the tourists. This, luckily,
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