Chyamekancha and others,
If I were a Madhesi and I have to live together with people like you whose hatred and arrogance against me is triggered by the slightest move, I certainly would like to have my own and separate country.
Fortunately, there are neither only people like you nor only easily breakable Madhesis in
As for the idea of a single state/province of Madhes, it should be considered as a STARTER, not an END, of the bigger debate of restructuring of the state of
In my view, a faster economic growth of the whole country should be the FIRST and the LAST objective when we restructure the state. Everything in between should be acceptable.
A single and greater Madhes as an autonomous state does not make economic sense. It is unbalanced and impractical. What will be a balanced and practical structure is for Constituent Assembly to brainstorm for 2+1 years and decide.
The idea of ethnic republic also similarly impractical and too primitive idea for today’s
Its impracticability is clearly visible in the following ethnographic map of