Buddha hope for homeless

Sanjay Bhujel along with more than 100 others had last week trekked for over two hours through the dense Chapramari forest, dogging a herd of elephants on the way, to reach Gairibas.

The men — 112 of them — were fleeing Nagarkata where their homes were attacked allegedly by supporters of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parisad.

The 32-year-old secretary of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s Nagrakata Block Committee is hopeful that he can soon get back to his wife and a five-month-old son after a meeting between chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and a delegation of the hill party in Calcutta last evening. MORE...