People don't know the ethnic composition of Nepal and just keep on repeating that Gurung, Thakali, Tamangs, Sherpas etc are not Hindus. I agree that they are not hindus, but what's their percentage in Nepal? There are 59 janajaatis listed in the janajati commission of Nepal. All these together comprise just 37% of the total population.Out of these 59, 28 janajaatis are janajaatis of Terai which include the dhimals, sattars, rajbanshis, thaarus etc. So just use ur common sense and calculate what might be the percentage of Sherpa, Thakaali, Limbu or Rai. For your information, Thakaali are not even 1%, Sherpa less than 3%, Limbu and Rai combined are around 5%. But they are more powerful in the national politics, in comparision to the janajaatis of Terai or madhesis. That's why their voices are heard. That's why the ideas of most of the kathmandu centered nepalese or those of the so called 'typical nepali' communities is too much 'hill centered', and they consider their problem to be genuine but they don't know about Thaarus who comprise 7% of the total population. And Thakaalis / Sherpas / Bhutias and Lepchas may be 100% non hindus, but the same can't be said about the Rais / Magars or Gurungs (Forget about history, think about the present). Among Newars, not more than 30% of their population is non hindu. The same kind of bias is seen when people talk about linguistic rights. They are too concerned about Limbu language spoken by 1.5%, Thakaali language spoken by less than 1% or Sherpa language by 2 - 3 % of the population. Nepali is the mother tongue of just 57% of the population, I agree on that. Perhaps many don't know that Maithili is the 2nd largest language in Nepal spoken by 14%, bhojpuri third at 12%, abadhi 5%, Thaaru 5%. All together these terai languages comprise more than 30% of the population. And percentage of those with 'Hindi' as their mother language is equal to those speaking the Limbu language !!!! But our vision is too narrow, we look at things with a 'hill centered' bias and fail to see the problems of Nepal in totality. 'Seperate Madhesh' ko naara tyasai laagya haina.