It seems many of us are incapable of taking about caste and race without hurling racist/casteist slurs and innuendos. The last couple of comments on the "dhoti" are malicious and ooze with hypocrisy besides being a load of bullshit totally devoid of any intellectual merit. Yes, casteism is pervasive amongst expats and resident Nepalese alike and this discussion only reinforces that notion. Why look for casteism elsewhere when we've seen it right here on Sajha on this and other threads. On the question of whether there are people out there who have excorcised their demons of casteism, I would hope so, but it's a pity many of them have chosen not to speak out on this issue. Anyone with basic thinking capacity knows casteism in its various forms is wrong no matter who engages in it. If some people chose to deny this fact or find excuses to justify prevailing casteist trends, their attitude is merely a reflection of the abject intellectual poverty of their minds and won't get them far in life.