i am thinking of madeshis that go to school with you--dark skinned and teased, the ones that brought fruit to your homes back in the day, the ones that got beat up and mistreated, their fruit and vegetables stolen. Why single out madeshis for trying to further their interests? Aren't all groups doing the same thing? The bigger problem is one of infighting that started with the thapas and pandeys and basnets way back from the court of narbhupal shah in gorkha....it has never changed! girija appointed one as the speaker and the other got pissed. That's all. Why make it an divisive issue. Who are madeshis, however, is a great question. I just wanted to point out that we should not deny the fact that madeshis are discriminated. karma