if you say the different races co-exists in harmony then you are so far away from the truth. Just because we don't wage a bloody war between different castes doesn't mean racism isn't there. its deep rooted in our society. bhote-jyapu-bahun.. they are all used as derogatory terms. how many chimse have we seen at the top of our social hierarchy. not in big organizations, offices.. nor the government? ... once people start adding bikrams and jungs and rajs to their middle name, they elevat themselves to a higher social recognition. how many bahun/chettris /thakuris are here whose parents would be perfectly fine with them marrying a "bhotini"? what do you think has brought forth the Janajati revolution in nepal? racism has never gotten better with time. In our oblivion, we pat ourselves on our backs thinking education and information is helping us ger rid of racism. and at the same time it is evolving into new forms of hatered in our own backyard.