Its interests in the country have evolved over time, and so has its policy approach. The question then is, can Nepal look beyond it? Columns What does China want from Nepal? It has never been as politically invested as it currently is.
Published at : August 6, Updated at : August 6, Related News. I am a brahmin guy who lives in USA.
I have black hair and fair skin. People always get confused with my ethnicity. Even People from middle east think I look like arabic or persian.. Being from Mauritius with darker skin than my parents, I am often mistaken for an Indian which happens a lot less to my parents and can totally relate to this post!
The first Nepalese student I met in Australia looked absolutely like he could be from India I recognised from his accent though that he probably was not Indian. At this stage I was getting pretty sure that most people in Nepal would look roughly like Indians.
So you are totally correct in pointing out the ethnic diversity of Nepal, it is quite fascinating to examine. I like this post glad you shared. Yes, I find what you say to be very true.
And I have tried to explain to others myself. My children look similar but then also look very different from each other. It very interesting especially because they are not biologically related. I totally with you. I understand what you are saying. Lots of people judge us only based on the look that it is sad. Wonderful blog! Thank you for posting this!
Thank you for posting this explanation! I find this post interesting as I can relate this to myself. Here in australia people think I am from phillipines, thailand, indonesia etc. They feel strange when I tell them I am from nepal. They become so confuse that how can nepalese be so diverse in appearance. Actually I am from aryan origin but have mongolian apppearace too. I am a 14 years old Nepali. My father as well as my mother; are Rai. My father comes from Rumdali and Sotang thaar.
My mother comes from Chamling and Khaling thaar. So to say, I am a pure Rai raini. So I Guess.. I m nepali indo-aryan..
It looks like all of us get the same response regarding our looks.. I am finding the solidarity view of people in the UK that Nepalese are oriental looking people. There are minority of Nepalese people from the Aryan background who are wrongly recognised by the local people as Indians or Pakistani. This is very strange. I am studying in China and we have lots of Indians in my Univ.
I think that is normal as not many people around the world have been to Nepal to know more about her. So we do need to educate people around us so they know more about Nepal.
Pingback: Losar nepaliaustralian. This is so interesting! Interesting post— I, too, get confusion as to what ethnicity I am…. But I found this interesting to know the different faces of Nepal—always wanted to visit this country, and interesting information such as this post encourages me even more to make the time to visit. When I first came to Australia, noone really knew Nepal so they thought most of the Nepali were either Indian or Chinese.
Here in Germany a lot of peoples said to my boyfriend…you look likes a koren or vietnam people. But he is a rai. One time we were at the domestic airport in Kathmandu to flight to pokhara and his own compatriot asked him….
I dont belive it. You are a korean. And he has to showed his passport, then the security man belive. Now I get how the caste system makes you look different.
I thought you were Bhutia! Thanks M! I sure hope I can! I know about Nepalis really well from my undergrad days. And Yes! No one of look alike! You are correct. I wish everybody knew that there is no stereotypical Indian look either as clearly fully Indians are of Mongloid and non-Mongloid features too. I have noticed there are Nepalis who can be as dark-skinned and non-mongloid as Indians who are the same too. I am magar.. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Email Address:. Intercultural relationship blogs with a South Asian twist! Skip to content. Different looks of Nepali people Posted on November 18, 67 Comments. Newar girl. Gurung girl. Brahmin man. Chherti girl. Thakali women. Share this: Tweet. Fact is money. The best thing to do is get US intrests in India.
Then all these two bit countries, since their kids study there or want to migrate there,will kowtow. What are the US interests in India? It is India as a captive market. Facebook wants to invest with Ambani, as BJP has an IT cell that uses Facebook to spread hate messages, and there is a large market among Hindus for that. The US wants to sell arms. But no one wants to come and do manufacturing in India. They prefer Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.
Whether it is Taiwan or Philippines or Vietnam. Increase these countries capabilities to deal with china. As well as make the india navy the most formidable force in Indian Ocean. If Indian needs to realign defense budget do it. Remember indias enemies like China and Pakistan understand only one thing that is military strength.
Bangladeshi still feels India to be there close not sure if we consider India as friend or brother anymore. India and Bangladesh could and should have done more jointly. Our independence is more like letting Pakistan off the hook in the eastern side. There is time and india should revisit in reference to Bangladesh. We are the last and only friend standing by the border. By the way India shares the longest land boundary with Bangladesh. We have too much to share and interchange. Man made religion.
Religion is for people not the other way round. India and Bangladesh should remain friends but on equal term as our father of the nation always said.
The way you are writing as if Chinese are going to treat Bangladesh very well. You see how Pakistanis are treated by Chinese. On lives of our army, with international backlash. Son, it was the opposite way round! India was created by Bangladeshis!
Rohingya issue should have been supported by India! Regarding water treaty, Bangladesh is silent on chinese dams over bramhaputra. Foreign policy is seldom guided by personalities and individual preferences. A cold appraisal of national interest, projected far into the future. A tough question for the columnist : If she was PM of Bangladesh, which country would she choose for a durable partnership?
The ongoing blast of china-friendly articles is mesmerizing to say the least. Disgusting, idiotic, and possibly a self goal for the publisher. It is reality. You get almost the same views from many other publications both from within and outside the country. No point in getting angry at those who express it. Whether it is Pakistan, Bnagladesh Srilanka or Bhutan now blame it on the ruling dispensation for this sudden turn of events.
An occasional article like this will create burning to Hindus like you, but a reality check is useful. When he went on abroad trips to reach global leaders. Can Indian minds and media change and become more self — reliant and have leadership skills to find solutions and post solution instead of pinpointing and become opinionated.? What did you do and whom did you reach to the grassroots is the question now to make way good for this country.
What did he get with all the travelling and bearhugs? Apart from good photo opportunities, give us one tangible foreign policy achievement of this government. Countries which were forever friendly to India like Nepal and Bangladesh have turned against us. The country whose leader he bear hugged the most attacked and killed twenty of our soldiers and our supreme leader is scared to even take the name of the aggressor country.
The other countries know where their bread is buttered and have got the measure of this PM and they understand that all that he wants is PR and photo opportunities even if India loses out in the bargain. He should have remembered the adage:there are no permanent friends or foes, only permanent interests. Building relations is not done by just Modi travelling abroad. Modi offered yoga and Hindus felt proud. China did something more substantial, hence they will have more influence.
This is really not good for India that its neighbors are not trusting India as a reliable partner. This BJP government, with its special partnership of Modi-Shah, is creating a nightmare for India both locally and abroad. Please wake up Indian voters. There has to be a better way. I think Indian voters know what they want and they especially despise foreigners with an agenda who have no idea about Indian history or the issues that people face, telling them what to do. It is not like China or Bangladesh would have behaved any differently if Congress was in power in India.
China has deep pockets and even rich countries like Germany are cosying up, not to talk about poor nations who are always in need. Good advice Sandy. The problem is a large section of Hindu voters have become like the Germans who got seduced y Hitler — they need to wake up.
They are bad for you people who want to destroy India, but they are good for us because they are building India and waking up Hindus who were suppressing from long back. With his highness always in Superman mode, the diplomatic corps in MEA have been given the short shrift. The gentleman does whatever he feels like doing, hugging Nawaz Sharief one day and taking Xi Ping out for a riverside stroll the next day, to be followed by blockade of Nepal. Diplomacy is a fine art and a lot of hard work in strategic and tactical analysis, but in the last 6 years our experts in the MEA have even left just handling tweets of Indians who have lost their passports.
Together with extremely short sighted and narrow vision of Shah which is always limited to domestic politics, the two gentlemen have messed up Indian foreign policy big time. India will be much better off. I believe he has shown too much charisma and too less strategic thinking and execution on ground. This man already had Hindu votes will have more with Ram Mandir but still chose to stir the CAA pot to the detriment of not only internal stability but severely hurting external affairs w.
I believe the time for charisma and showmanship is over and actual steps have to be taken. Just like a Bangladeshi commenter wrote, the main concerns of Bangladeshi people with India is in order of priority:. To fix this we need to forget about Atmanirbhar Bharat and preach Atmanirbhar Bangladesh. Bangladesh even said that they would take back all illegal immigrants into India if India can provide proof.
Friday, 12 November, Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Royal Gandhi is waiting fo ropportunity to fix it. Well said. Amit Shah is a loudmouth idiot who speaks more and works less. The BJP is run and followed by angry, delusional Hindus. Thanks for painting a clear picture of the Hindu Nazis that makes majority of Indians. They believe Modi has put them on the world stage and the whole world is in awe of Hindus.
If these neighbors want to send a message to India than it is fine. Dragon has become a loan shark and Pakistan Srilanka are prime example of that. Can we give them the benefit of the doubt and not turn into armchair foreign policy experts? Bhakths are trying to put on a brave face. What are our strengths? We got you an country and now you are murmuring about this materialistic things.
Thank you. Truth has to be told. Asia should be limited. My parents provided me with food, the safety of a home, financial security and the privilege of education, so I cannot say I struggled hard as a child. I lived in a bubble: I grew up around people who looked like me and belonged to a similar socio-economic background. When I first integrated into a different community with people of many races, I was excited and nervous because my knowledge until then had come from shows on television, which I must say does not depict the real American.
Everything on American television is so dramatic. Though I have been asked a few times if I am half Korean. When I say my name is Anjana, I often get these questions: Where is that from?
What does it mean? Is it a common name in your country? I usually have all my answers ready.
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