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To: sagar

yeah, but compared to the treatment of Muslims and Christians in India, i think Nepal has a great record. As a former student of STXC in Kathmandu, I've heard tons of horror stories about the treatment of christians in India.
BTW sagar, nepali ho?


6 posted on 03/06/2005 4:02:08 PM PST by minus_273
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To: minus_273
"yeah, but compared to the treatment of Muslims and Christians in India, i think Nepal has a great record."

Most of Nepal does not have large Muslim or Christian population and the people don't intermingle much, so there isn't much chance of violence. Regarding Christians, Nepal(at least Kathmandu) has image of Christians as white tourists($) or hippies, so the religious conflict or animosity is low.

Some area of Nepal do have animosity towards Muslims, however. Especially the southern part where there are districts that are Muslim majority. The police does not like to go there and the local Hindus fear those towns.


"As a former student of STXC in Kathmandu, I've heard tons of horror stories about the treatment of christians in India."

Christians of India are generally recent lower cast converts, so the hatred is probably not because they are Christians per se, but because of their old caste grudge. When the lower-caste people convert, they don't leave the place and their social "status" remains the same.

"BTW sagar, nepali ho?"

ho :) ke tapai nepali bolnu huncha?

7 posted on 03/06/2005 8:08:26 PM PST by sagar (Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first_ Chanakya, 4th c. BC)
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