The story of Sikkim’s merger with India with Sunaina Kumar

<div><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, Lindelani and Nontsi</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">chat with Sunaina Kumar,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">about her wonderful piece (featured in the titled <a href= "https://fiftytwo.in/story/kingdom/">Kingdom</a></span> from which we learn about the "aristocrats, enigmatic wives, and spymasters in the drama of Sikkim’s merger with India."</div> <div> </div> <div>Sunaina's writings:</div> <div> <p>1. <a href= "https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/uighur-exiles-kashmir-heaven-161117133848689.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/uighur-exiles-kashmir-heaven-161117133848689.html&source=gmail&ust=1605696107704000&usg=AFQjCNH63KjiT4LFha8KtrtZrinETmDBtw"> https://www.aljazeera.com/<wbr />indepth/features/2016/11/<wbr />uighur-exiles-kashmir-heaven-<wbr />161117133848689.html</a></p> <p>(A story of a hidden community of Uighurs living in Kashmir from the time of Silk Route trade)</p> <p>2. <a href= "https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/peoples-linguistic-survey-of-india-ganesh-devy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/peoples-linguistic-survey-of-india-ganesh-devy&source=gmail&ust=1605696107704000&usg=AFQjCNHqVtXdxsWgr51C9tVTNiJcgaDnzQ"> https://www.atlasobscura.com/<wbr />articles/peoples-linguistic-<wbr />survey-of-india-ganesh-devy</a></p> <p>(A story on a man who set out to count every language in India, he found 780)</p> <p>3. <a href= "https://narratively.com/the-diver-who-brings-up-the-bodies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://narratively.com/the-diver-who-brings-up-the-bodies/&source=gmail&ust=1605696107704000&usg=AFQjCNHj0OfIPxoLEUolOlD09QVQXluyew"> https://narratively.com/the-<wbr />diver-who-brings-up-the-<wbr />bodies/</a></p> <p>(A story on a man whose job it is to dive in the water to