JPEG and Sidster, I applaud your initiative. No one else is going to stand up for us and forget about our “netajis”. And before we are labelled reactionaries, janajatis, separatists, castists, bahunists, Maoists, Congress, Royalists, Communist, or whatever “ists”, let’s not be afraid to tell the world the simple truth: we are all of the above, we are Nepalis.

We salute those brave people in Vancouver, let there be many more such rallies, in Sydney, Brussels, London, Washington and wherever there are Nepalis who want to stand up for Nepal, our people and our way of life. This is not about being anti-India. It’s about being pro-Nepal. Stand up and be counted as Nepalis, all of us together, wherever were are.

Peter Bagdas