and another thing you say that the bhotes' ancestors are to blame because of the lack of a culture of education is to forget that the current system of governance was NOT a bhotia phenomenon. it was initiated by those that are most likely to benefit from it, namely the lettered upper caste. so yes, they are opressed because they are being ruled by a system of governance that was foisted on them, hence incompatible with their culture. and the nepali government hasnt exactly gone out of its way to ensure that the remote corners of nepal get a good school system, has it?