Morning BC - Happy Friday. Thanks for those two articles. I might pick up the book mentioned in the second piece one I am done with the pile I have on my desk :) As for the first article, I thought it provided a decent narrative of Nepalese life in Tibet. There was one line that caught my eye and I bring this up in the spirit of openess: He recalls the Nepalese celebrating festivals like Dashain and Tihar. "The whole street used to be closed to Tibetans, when we celebrate the festivals." I find that interesting because you would think doing such things would create friction between the immigrant Nepalese and native Tibetans and would not be in the interests of the Nepalese. One of the complaints when the Dharamshala riots broke out was Tibetans in India had secluded and isolated themselves willfully from the rest of the community. I am not sure if a parallel can be drawn, perhaps it can't, but I couldn't help but notice the subtle irony in that statement. Just a thought. No malice intended towards anyone.