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I am travelling in last week of may with my parents 50+ and need urgent advice.

Has anyone tried contacting SPSC when the results will be announced?

Hi guys, I just wanted a quick update regarding the road condition of the NH10 (Siliguri-Gangtok) from the ones who travelled today or ones who have an idea about it. Is the road condition good for travelling?

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Namaste everyone! 🙏

I'm a farmer from West Sikkim producing 100% organic vegetables, manure, gundruk, sinki and other village products. But having problems finding proper market or fair pricing for these.

Looking to connect with:

- Nepali restaurants/hotel chains

- Organic/health stores

- Bulk buyers or resellers

If you're interested or know someone who is, please comment or DM me.

Even a share helps! 🙏

Amid the global fuel crisis, I found this post showing India's petrol consumption by state for the 2024-25 financial year. Sikkim, being one of the least populous states, is ranked among the lowest for petrol consumption even compared to other North Eastern states. It’s safe to assume the numbers for this year are pretty similar probably within a ±5% margin.

This brings me to the current odd-even rule being implemented here and the hardships it’s causing us, the common people. With rising living standards and increased purchasing power, we buy cars for the comfort and convenience of our families. The sudden and harsh implementation of this rule has impacted our daily lives so significantly that we’re starting to wonder: why are we even doing this? what's the goal here? why only Sikkim has to follow this? why didn't the higher authorities think of any consequences? shouldn't the exemption be kept in place for incremental implementation rather than dropping the whole bomb out of nowhere?

We already knew Sikkim would have one of the lowest fuel consumption rates even without looking at the statistics, especially when you consider population density compared to states like UP or Maharashtra, or major cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, or Delhi. So why are we the only ones bearing the brunt? What was going through the minds of the IAS officers and the so called "advisors" of state government? Do they really believe our contribution will make a dent in India’s total fuel consumption? Unless these mega-cities go 100% virtual with factories and industries shutting down like they did during COVID, I don't think fuel consumption is ever going to go down.

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There is a peculiar silence spreading across Sikkim.

Not the silence of peace that drapes itself gently over the mountains at dawn, nor the sacred stillness of monasteries perched against the mist. This is a different silence altogether ; heavier, darker, more corrosive. It is the silence of educated youth swallowing humiliation behind forced smiles. The silence of parents watching degrees gather dust in steel cupboards. The silence of a generation slowly realizing that in the land of endless speeches about progress, opportunity has become a private property guarded by invisible hands.

Behind the fireworks of “development,” beneath the triumphant slogans celebrating milestones and golden jubilees, another word has quietly entered the vocabulary of the hills.

Thelification.

Derived from the Nepali word Thelnu — “to push” — the term has escaped the realm of slang and transformed into a brutal social truth. It now describes the suffocating culture where nothing moves unless someone powerful pushes it. A job application needs a push. A contract needs a push. A file gathering dust inside a government office needs a push. Even justice itself seems to require a push.

Merit, meanwhile, stands outside the gate like an unwanted stranger. What began as whispered frustration has now become the defining psychological condition of an entire generation. Young people no longer ask one another what they studied; they ask whom they know. Academic excellence has been replaced by proximity to power. Degrees are no longer passports to opportunity but decorative certificates in a theatre where the real auditions happen elsewhere ; in drawing rooms, party corridors, private phone calls, and networks stitched together by patronage.

The tragedy of Thelification is not merely economic. It is civilizational and reshapes the moral architecture of society itself.

A child once taught to believe in hard work slowly learns that hard work alone is foolishness. A university graduate begins to understand that the real syllabus was never in textbooks but in cultivating access, loyalty, and obedience. Families exhaust their savings educating their children only to discover that the final qualification demanded by the system is not competence, but connection. And thus begins the quiet decay.

The mind bends first. Then dignity follows. An entire generation now walks with the unbearable psychological burden of feeling perpetually “unbacked.” They carry resumes in their hands but desperation in their eyes. They live in a state where talent increasingly feels ornamental , one that is useful only for speeches, brochures, and ceremonial celebrations. The real machinery functions elsewhere, powered not by fairness but by invisible pushes from unseen corridors of influence. This is how societies rot from within: not always through spectacular collapse, but through the normalization of unfairness.

Thelification has created a hierarchy more dangerous than class itself ; the divide between those who have access and those who do not. The state no longer appears as an impartial institution but as a maze of guarded gates where every door demands a recommendation, a blessing, a connection, a “source.” Even the language of ordinary conversation reflects this decay. “Can you push this?” has become more valuable than “Are you qualified for this?”

In such a climate, sycophancy flourishes like fungus in damp walls.

Substance becomes secondary. Silence becomes survival. Critical thought becomes risky. Young minds learn quickly that obedience travels farther than honesty. The system rewards not the capable but the compliant; not the deserving but the strategically connected. Institutions that should function as pillars of fairness begin to resemble private clubs where access is inherited through loyalty networks invisible to the public eye.

And perhaps the cruelest wound of all is this: people are beginning to accept it as normal. That acceptance is the true emergency.

Because once a society internalizes injustice as routine, resistance itself starts to look irrational. The youth stop dreaming collectively and begin scrambling individually for scraps of influence. Friendship turns transactional. Community turns competitive. Hope turns into networking.

The hills may still appear serene to outsiders. The festivals still glow. Official narratives still paint portraits of prosperity and harmony. But beneath that carefully maintained surface lies a growing suffocation — the heavy weight of patronage pressing down upon the chest of an exhausted generation.

A state cannot endlessly celebrate progress while forcing its youth to beg for permission to survive. A democracy cannot preach equality while quietly institutionalizing access-based privilege. A society cannot preserve its soul when merit is mocked as naïveté.

And so the uncomfortable questions remain, echoing through the valleys long after the speeches end:

• What becomes of a generation taught that integrity is powerless without influence?-
• What happens to a state when young minds stop believing in fairness altogether?-
• How long can institutions survive when public trust is replaced by whispered negotiations and invisible pushes?

And perhaps most haunting of all :
When “Thelification” becomes the accepted language of survival, what remains of Sikkim’s democratic conscience?

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I get that Gangtok experiences traffic jams but other parts of Sikkim are sparsely populated especially the smaller towns. I commute to work everyday and I use to vehicle to commute the 7-8kms daily. I will now have to walk the following distance on alternate days or maybe hire a taxi which defeats the purpose of spending lakhs on a personal vehicle.

Also , I'll now only be able to use my car for half of the time but be paying full time insurance/taxes on my car. Can anyone else relate to me , maybe the students or other millenials like me? Maybe Golay should have extended this thing to just the districts , Please share your thoughts ?

PRELIMS
- Exam held on: 17 August 2025
- Total candidates (as per last roll number in prelims result): 7,546
- Total OMR sheets checked: 15,092
- Result declared on: 05 September 2025

Total time taken: 19 days
Average papers checked per day: ~795

Point to be noted:
They have highly efficient OMR-checking machines, and the process was completed quite quickly. Appreciable efficiency.

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MAINS

- Exam held on: 22 & 23 November 2025
- Total candidates: 849
- Objective papers (OMR): 3,396
- Subjective papers: 3,396

Even if we consider 10 days for OMR evaluation due to machine efficiency, the major time would naturally go into subjective paper checking.

- Result declared on: 19 March 2026
- Total time taken: ~116 days

Average subjective papers evaluated per day: ~30

Point to be noted:
Considering the workload and the responsibility involved in subjective evaluation, one can understand the time requirement. Respect to the officials for their effort and dedication.

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INTERVIEW
- Interview period: 06 April – 18 April 2026
- Total candidates: 235
- Marks to be compiled: Out of 100
- Final process remaining: Addition of marks, preparation of merit list, and declaration of result.

As of now:
- Time elapsed: 32 days
- Average candidates processed per day:** ~7

Question:
When prelims involving over 15,000 OMR sheets were completed within 19 days, and mains evaluation was eventually completed after a detailed subjective process, why is the final result after interviews taking this long despite comparatively limited work remaining?

At this stage, many candidates are simply seeking transparency, consistency, and timely declaration of results.

A huge question mark remains.

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Hi have you guys downloaded the admit card if so please help me out i am not able to find the download button. How do i download ?

Was jogging my usual midnight 10k up from Ramada to MG and suddenly it started raining so I stopped under the footbridge near Beats club.

Saw a really really pretty girl so I worked up the courage to strike a conversation. Random stuff about where we’re from and she was a local. Turned out, she was a callgirl😭

Istg 🥀😞

P.S : No numbers were exchanged, after sometime some ppl came and said “CM is coming, don’t stand here” so I left in the rain.