"Just like they are bhote looking japanese or chinese..they are dhotis look alike bahuns and chettris. as simple as that ..." First off, that is only incidental to the core issue which, as I see it, is whether or not a person who is bugged by being called and ethnic or casteist name should just suck it up or gather the courage to talk balk to the offender. If some one doesn't feel morally outraged by such behaviour, I would suggest talking back at least for psycological reasons. Taking shit from others doesn't do a whole of good for your mental well-being and could cause serious psychological damage in the long run. Secondly, I sense a morally repugnant and down right prejudicial and racist implication in the statement above that it is ok to use terms that can be percieved as racial and derogratory as long as some factual basis, however weak it may be, exists to back the slur. *Nothing* justifies calling people any names and more so names that are prejudicial and could offend the other person. Again, the thrust of my argument is, if you are comfortable with being called names I don't have much to say at this point, but if you are not, then you have every right to give hell to people who call you such names. As always, it is upto the individual to decide what is best for them. The reason I feel passionate about this is because this is not just pagli's probem but is something that affects a whole lot of other people out there across caste, ethinic, lingual, cultural and gender lines both in Nepal and throughout the world.