Kiwigal, I do know the gist of this thread, you didn't get it did you? All I wanted to say was it is ones right to speak whichever langauge he wants, no "dui maat" in this. But speaking Hindi inside Nepal should have been reciprocated by speaking Nepali by Indian. this never will happen. Why, any Indian who meets a Nepali, no matter where, easily assumes he will know Hindi and start speaking in Indian. Well, for the fellow Nepalese working in India, it is a necessity to speak Nepali. But, for us inside Nepal, why the hell we can't converse with the tarkariwalla in Nepali if a watchman in India has to resort to speaking in Hindi to his landlord? Bathroomcoffe, no one is imposing anyone to or not to speak Hindi. Read my thread, I also agree that the title of the thread is not politically correct. But how many Indians, firends with Nepalese speak in Nepali. Do they even respect our language? And yes I also have enough with this baseless discussion. Now a Nepali sajhaite have started abusing "verbally" another sajhaite Nepali for the sake of their preference for foreign language. What the f** is wrong with you guys? Chow Yang you couldn't have said it better. Bidhan is correct. Why can't we start potraying our identity better. Can we learn a bit from fellow Nepalese in Darjeeling? It is all about promoting and giving preference to our language while enjoying our privilege to use others.