Comments on: The Gurkha Way

By: bikash

bikash — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:46:14 +0000

we dont need certificate from sulabh to be called as hindu .

By: ronnieboy

ronnieboy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:40:37 +0000

Gurkhas, being mercenaries, have been fighting all over the world for 200 years. The Indian Army has over 100,000 gurkhas in regiments having its roots in the British East India Company. They are one of the finest soldiers. Sam “Bahadur” Manekshaw, one of the two Field Marshals India ever had, was a product of the 8th Gorkha Rifles. If you come across a gurkha, say “kusto chha” for me.

By: bikash

bikash — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:23:33 +0000

in nepal there are many tribes which prefer pork but not beef . Our country is blessed one by guru gorakhnath . we are the only one who never saw muslim and christian rule . we have proud histry that india lacks and one person is saying probably from india that gorkhas are hindu or not . just laugh …. can you tell me which clan, tribe or cast has not appeased muslim and christians for sake of safety of themselves in india except great maharaja shivaji from marathas and maharaja ranjit singh . actually i am ashamed to say that hindus in india has been reduced to cowards ,they even cannot stand up and fight for hindu rashtra and for the sake of dharma . Just compare our army with yours . this is hindu army and your s is secular , we were founded by maharaja dhiraj prithvi narayan shah and you??? our national animal is cow and jungi nishan is trishul , what abt you man ?????in india marathas , jats and few clans of rajputs and sikhs are only standing people others are just “kala dhabbas” on hindu pride . At last firing on muslim and hindus is concerned that was duty of a soldier i mean sainik dharma , to be obiedent and obey the orders , gorkhas alway obey the orders when they are in armed forces and there is no recored os gorkhas being disobiedent while being in armed forces and thats why they are gorkha .

By: bikash

bikash — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:01:28 +0000

I am from nepal and i challenge “abhi t” hat india or any other country just try annex nepal and you will open worst ever dooms day scenario in your entire history . We know how to fight and kill , we dont fear of dieing so be patient , you will open up the destruction of your country by annexing nepal because by that time nepali people will have nothing to loose and dont you fear being ransacked all your developments you have acheived till now from 1947 onward ? really ? i am amazed this abhi is saying silly thing like that . nepal is land of warriors not the merchants be aware and keep out of it .

By: Sulabh

Sulabh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:26:06 +0000

not sure about gurkhas being the `hindus`.they prefer pork and beef which the followers of hindus tend to avoid.during the india-pakistan partition; they shot both set of trouble makers-hindus and muslims.

Nope! Gurkhas are Hindus. look it up. And yeah they 'tend to avoid' beef.

By: ben

ben — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:10:05 +0000

not sure about gurkhas being the hindus.they prefer pork and beef which the followers of hindus tend to avoid.during the india-pakistan partition; they shot both set of trouble makers-hindus and muslims.

By: Debu

Debu — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:01:42 +0000

I don’t understand what some people think about a country and their opinions pulls in fiery comments. I have families living both in India and Nepal and let me tell you one thing – No one in Nepal wants to be annexed by India or China or anybody. They have been independent for centuries and will remain so. On the other hand, there is too much being read in “sphere of influence”. Geographical interests of India and Nepal remain to be quite the same. India and Nepal also share a strong cultural and religious bonding as very few nations share. India would not want Chinese influence in Nepalese politics neither would America’s unwarranted poking. India and Britain have long been in such a tacit agreement. All sphere of influence means that India has interest in what happens in Nepal and also to counter if Chinese either directly or through ISI actively get involved there, thats it. Nepal has never had problems with being close to India for centuries and I don’t see why they would like to change it now? Mexico is fiercely an Independent country and so is Canada but whats wrong in saying they are under sphere of influence of US?

By: M

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:12:21 +0000

Not to mention they were frequently the founts of culture and education. Easy to undermine the culture if you set the entire system against it, and more importantly, set the participants of that culture against themselves.

But mainly this was done because it's what the Romans did.

By: Runil Wazlib

Runil Wazlib — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:24:15 +0000

I am sorry for not explaining ‘Biharisation’, and it has obviously created confusion. By Biharisation, I mean Nepal does not want to become Bihar. I do understand that Bihar is quite developed: Patna is better than Kathmandu, hands down(and please, I am not going to argue upon my definition of ‘better)… However, we in Nepal usually see Lalu’s Bihar: mired by corruption, violence, and even by Nepali standards, extreme poverty… I know Shekhar Suman(he’s a genius) is from Bihar, and so are some other popular tv stars i dont know names of… BUt the overall condition of Bihar scares the Nepalis… And please, I am stating what the people here feel , and not my social theories(one of which is posted as a reply to my comment, that i consider to be an unfunny and meaningless rant that is unworthy of reply) BTW, greeat job guys…You people(the sepiamutiny people) should have writers from other countries(sp. South ASian, I wud say) too… It could be a regional sort of thing… and no, I am not commenting here because I sooo wanna get into Lehigh, and found you also have a Lehigh prof. amongst yourself…lol.. though I do want to get into Lehigh soo bad…

By: dawa

dawa — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:24:25 +0000

Rinul,

brothe, what is this talk about fearing india and Biharisation of Nepal ??? In case if you havent noticed the same thing has been happening to all the hill tribes of nepal who are of ethnic Tibetan origin .. ask the tamangs , magars , gurung and sherpas if they feel that the forced nepalisation of their culture and language is any different to what you fear the Biharis might do... if anyting recent political situation has forced the kathmandu politicians that not Nepalis are are bahuns or chettris ... we the hill tribes exist too .:)