Bad_man and Samsara,

I could see a dramatic increase in the traffic after you guy’s showdown. So, I must be grateful to you, I guess.

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Hurry,

As an oldie of Sajha yourself, you are well familiar what are parts of lives here. I appreciate your kind words for the thread.

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Bob,

Thanks man. It was a very educational piece of information for myself.

And I am really glad to hear that your point was for equal recognition of Manangi and Mustangi people and diversity within for their distinctness and not for a separate state like others folks are fighting for.

Although my message was apparently not clear enough initially, that is exactly what I was trying to advocate for. Every people of Nepal and their cultural diversity must be recognized and celebrated as national culture.

It is unfair, wrong and ill consequential to APPROXIMATE and divide the country among just 6-7 ethnicities.

Here is the Maoist scheme of dividing the country. You can see, in the Himalayan and hill area, only six unique or broad groups (Limbu, Kirat, Gurung, Tamang, Newar and Magar) are selected for giving autonomous statehood.

Decide for yourself, how unfair and unnecessary conflict-generating scheme is this. In San Francisco talk, I will be trying my best to convince people that this is a disastrous scheme.

I sure will mention about this conversation and the information you brought. Thanks once again.

And just not to confuse you, I am just a freelancer enthusiast. I am not in any committee or organizations. The best people to approach would be FIFNA folks in your town.

Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Nepal in America (FIPNA)

(President: Karma G. Sherpa, First VP: Shiva Rai)

http://www.fipna.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=29

Nepe