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> Dear Anilisa, I think that the answer to your question who is Nepali is very simpel: in all states of the world people is only member of the state if he is citizen. > So Madhesi or Pahadi are Nepalis if they are citizens of the state Nepal. > But I see in this field no problem: the Sherpas came about in the years from 1400-1500 from Tibet to Khumbu, they are ethnically tibetan people, also the language is very similar also today. After unification of Nepal 1768 by Pritvy Narayan from Ghorka, thanthe King of Nepal, we have the state of Nepal. If Madhesi came like Sherpas from an other country (Madhesi from India), than they are citizen of Nepal if they stay for ever in Nepal. > Madhesi and many other groups in Nepal are ethnically no Newar or part of other majorities. But Nepal has so many groups of minorities that I can not see who is the Problem. > If the people from other states is for long time in Nepal and this people is not citizen, than this people is not Nepali, we can see this group in the refuggee-camps of tibetan poeple, since 1959 they came from Tibet after chinese armee concered Tibet, but I think most of this refugies are always tibetan and not Nepali. > If we have minorities in the country like the Madhesi, and this group is Nepali, than I see the only problem that the government must see for this part of nation that they have same rights and chances like all other parts of ethnic groups, we have so many groups (Rai, Limbu, Gurung, Thamang, Sherpa etc.)without the difficulties. > Nepal must see in the new constition that all groups, also minorities, have same rights and chances like in our constitution German Grundgesetz. > Peter > Who is Nepali/Nepalese? > > How to know who is Nepalese? Are the people living in Nepal are all Nepalese or the citizens of Nepal are only Nepalese? If I go through second argument and say if all the citizen of Nepal is Nepalese than why there is crosscutting issue that whether Madhesis citizens are pure Nepali or not even though they have citizenship and living in Nepal since decades like other non-Madhesi? I have read the majorities Pahadi and Madhesi groups both were migrated from India in the past though, how come some hilly people are blaming that Madhesi are the Indian people or less Nepali? Some people living in Bhutan with Bhutanese citizenship and nationalities, some in India with Indian citizenship and Indian nationalities and also plenty of similar situations exist in UK, Burma etc ,even though why they are considered as pure Nepali despite neither they have Nepalese citizenship nor Nepalese nationality? I expect my answer in professional way with fact and rationale logics. Thank you for your help in advance.