not just thamel,whole kathmandu is mini india.their hotels,their tv channels ,their news publications, their hospitals,their shopping mals,their bisal bazaar,their new road and all its shops/restaurants(it was called naya sadak after 1990 earthquake , new road in 70s,now nai sadak). all the big investors in the valley with their industries are indians. all the tourist centred shops, trekking gear dealers,massage centers are indian investment. the most important thok bikreta of almost any food producht in the vally is a marwari.your udhyog banijya sang is run by marwaris who flew with the first flight to india after the quake.the khetans, kedia,golyan, murarka,sharada, golchha,dugar,chowdhary,shirohiya ,saraf are the few big ones.for the smaller ones ,u can just go to thamel or new road and search for the owner of the shop/restaurant/hotel. do you still think kathmandu is not mini india?
or just go to sauraha,pokhara, biratnagar or even namche, and observe whom those hotels, resorts,shops, mals,schools, colleges and pretty much everything belongs.we as a nation have become so much economically dependant on these indians(though some claim to have nepali nagarikta ,most still have their indian ones or maintain both ;even those who are since 2 or 3 generations here).every political party has its sponsor house and these people are pretty much the kingmaker of nepal.this earthquake and the behaviour shown by these people in the immediate aftermath has for the first time made me think abt that. those lining for indian chartered planes and buses were the small fishes.the big fishes were evacuated with their kins by IAF helis .hey had put their darbans and gatekeepers to look after their houses and fled ktm fearing loots by the demoralised mob.