Kanchu,

As I had already mentioned in my previous post, I DO NOT have any problems with anyone wearing daauraa surwaal out of their own FREE WILL. I do too occasionally.; and I take an immense pride in what represents MY personal ethnic identity. That does not mean I should impose on others who do not belong to my ethnicity what is mine, in order for them to be considered my fellow citizens of Nepal.

My problem is with the notion that only dauraa suruwaal represents pakka Nepalipan, as suggested by some of the posters above. For that matter, I do not think it is prudent to link tangible appearances (dress, language, etc) to an indisputably intangible feelings of nationalism/patriotism. This puts undue -- albeit perhaps not direct -- pressure (social or otherwise) on non-Khas Nepalis to identify themselves with a specific appearance/identity that is not their own, just so that some ultra-nationalists can appreciate them as Nepalis. What truly matters when it comes to judging one's raashtriyata -- regardless of what s/he is wearing and speaking -- is what s/he FEELS towards the raashtra, and how much s/he is willing to sacrifice (from personal longings) for that raashtra.

Hatred and intolerance are begetted when one refuses to accept the other as s/he is and would be, and what his/her values and ideals are, NOT when one takes a stand against impositions.

The example of Laalu Prasad Yadav is to prove the utter disconnection between poshaak and raashtriyata.