Prad ji, There are lots of tibetan people in Nepal living without citizenship. They dont have citizenship of any country as they have fleed away from Tibet. They are living in refugee status. So did Tenzin was. So one cannot say he was Nepali. After scaling Mt. Everest he moved to Darjeeling accepting Indian Citizenship regardless of the fact that he was brought up in the Khumbu region of Nepal. Though he was brought up in Khumbu region he didnt possess Nepali citizenship so after scaling Mt. Everest he moved to Darjeeling and Everybody knows that once you are known by the world, it's easy to get citizenship of any country. I sometimes feel betrayed by the fact that he was brought up in Nepal and after reaching the summit of Mt. Everest and the acme of his career, this guy left the country where he was brought up and go on to represent the another country.