The Midnight Men

During 1998-2003 government- aided Nepali were hardly anywhere in Dooars where more than 10 lakh Nepalese are inhibited. The then Left fFront government had not given any Nepali medium schools in Nepali populated area for study in their mother tongue. These Nepali students had to come to Darjeeling and Siliguri for further study after Madhyamik. A group of educated Nepali youth came out with a social movement in Dooars demanding the right to study in their mother tongue. In an attempt to suppress their demand the then Left Front government jailed so manycountless youths. Kamtapuri movement was also in on the rise during the period. The Left government arrested so many Rajbanshi youths and jailed them for more than a decade till it was overthrown from the power. This decade had seen so many political upheavals in Dooars and Terai area. How these youths those who wanted to do something for the upliftment of their society had come across the situation and how they were treated by the government something of a description is tried to pen in this story. How these youths wanted to uplift their society and how they came across the situation of harsh treatment rendered by the government -- the essence of which the author has tried to capture and pen down in his story. During 1998-2003 government- aided Nepali were hardly anywhere in Dooars where more than 10 lakh Nepalese are inhibited. The then Left fFront government had not given any Nepali medium schools in Nepali populated area for study in their mother tongue. These Nepali students had to come to Darjeeling and Siliguri for further study after Madhyamik. A group of educated Nepali youth came out with a social movement in Dooars demanding the right to study in their mother tongue. In an attempt to suppress their demand the then Left Front government jailed so manycountless youths. Kamtapuri movement was also in on the rise during the period. The Left government arrested so many Rajbanshi youths and jailed them for more than a decade till it was overthrown from the power. This decade had seen so many political upheavals in Dooars and Terai area. How these youths those who wanted to do something for the upliftment of their society had come across the situation and how they were treated by the government something of a description is tried to pen in this story. How these youths wanted to uplift their society and how they came across the situation of harsh treatment rendered by the government -- the essence of which the author has tried to capture and pen down in his story.