The sun goes down every evening and it’s up every morning. Cheers on the
glittery face rises after 10 complete years amongst those who are set to get a
new lease of life with a new job of a primary school teacher thanks to the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) that has finally started to release
the appointment letters.
The news of course must have brought cheers to some 500 odd people who
had been running pillar to post in a bid to seek job for livelihood. I must say
here now that this is what Darjeeling hills has been facing at the wake of
Gorkhaland agitation hit first during the late eighties and later from 2007 to
2011.
Some ten years back these people were a young bunch of chaps when the
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) then ruled by the Gorkha National
Liberation Front (GNLF) appeared for the exams for the post of primary teacher.
The enthusiasm to get a new job derailed with passing years when the DGHC via
GNLF put on hold the appointment for reason unexplained.
Although, the original panel was cancelled the reason for which is also unknown
to many of them whose name appeared in the panel list, the initiative by the
GTA seems promising now. Let me keep the political motive aside as of now
because if I go on to talk about it would be a long discussion.
The ferry tale of the new GTA via the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has
begun. It has started its revelation though its grudge with the state
government remains to be sorted out. Whether the GTA will remain or not in the
future is a million dollar question blustered by every mouth in the hills, one
thing has so far gone right and that is the decision to appoint the primary
teachers.
The hills suffering from unemployment has seen over the year’s youths
migrating to the bigger cities or for that matter to abroad in search of jobs.
Many have forcefully settled despite the job matching his qualification. Many
have taken up a profession of a contractor to meet up his/her livelihood.
Gorkhaland is ofcourse a dream come true vision of every Gorkha living
in India but parallely the socio-economic condition is of utmost importance
too. A subtle effort to achieve
statehood has fetched nothing. Infact it has hit the hill economy. Ten years
wait is a long period for starting with a job. No wonder it has come and has
come at the right time for some of the appointees.
Having said that Gorkhaland is a must win game but it has to be achieved
with a strong action.
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