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Going Home Day has finally arrived

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November 29th 2008
So going home day has finally arrived as the first batch of children and young people left in a fleet of buses for the station at NJP to catch the Darjeeling Express overnight to Kolkata. This was an emotional morning with children in tears as they took leave of friends and cottage parents. The emotion is understandable when we consider that these children spend the best part of a year here living ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more