03-08-2007, 10:28 AM
More on Madheshis. It's BBC, so don't know how reliable:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6425663.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 08:16 GMTÂ
<b>S Nepal strike enters second day</b>
The Madheshi are made up mainly of Hindus and Muslims and many prefer speaking one of a number of local languages rather than Nepali.
Madheshis make up 33-45% of Nepal's population of 27 million but are vastly under-represented in government and the army, which tend to be dominated by hill-dwellers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Their main campaigning group, the Madheshi People's Rights Forum, wants greater rights for its people and an end to what it calls upper-caste discrimination.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Either BBC is making this up as they go along or the Madheshi movement has already been taken over by the usual.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6425663.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 08:16 GMTÂ
<b>S Nepal strike enters second day</b>
The Madheshi are made up mainly of Hindus and Muslims and many prefer speaking one of a number of local languages rather than Nepali.
Madheshis make up 33-45% of Nepal's population of 27 million but are vastly under-represented in government and the army, which tend to be dominated by hill-dwellers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Their main campaigning group, the Madheshi People's Rights Forum, wants greater rights for its people and an end to what it calls upper-caste discrimination.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Either BBC is making this up as they go along or the Madheshi movement has already been taken over by the usual.