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Hi, I was born in Kathmandu, and went to boarding school in Kalimpong. Then my family migrated to the U.S in 1991. I finished my college here in the U.S. and now I work and live in New York city. The reason I am writing is I don\'t agree with few of the things you wrote, (maybe I am wrong).My ancestors were from Manang, Nepal. There were few HLA typing and DNA testing done on Nepali so called Botays (Magar, Limbu, Tamang, Gurung, Rai), all the studies had same finding. HLA antigents of these Botays(Magar, Limbu, Tamang, Gurung, Rai) were same as Tibetans. I don\'t mean to offend you when I refer Asian featured Nepalese as \"Botays\". That is how your\'s and mine ancestors had been refered historically by Khas Hindu people. I don\'t mind being called \"botay\", my ancestors were financially and educationally done well when they lived in Nepal. It is true like Khas people who have cultural, tradition and religion values same as Indians, we \"botays\" have not only facial feature, we share tradition, culture and religion with Tibetans. We should NOT be shame for our ancestors being associated with Tibetans. When you hear Mongoloid, that means Asian featured people, who when they were baby they will have purple mark on thier bud-chick. Some of our youngstars have mistaken for Mongolian. Mongols population is ONLY 2 millions. Majority Mongols practices Tibetan Buddhism and people have Tibetan names. Mongols have not only religion, they have a lot cultural and tradition influence from Tibet. They widely use Khata(White scarf). Yes, Mongols celebrates Losar too. But their language is NOT of Tibetan family. It is very different than Tibetan. But Botay Nepalese their languages are of Tibetan variation. Republic of Kalmykia in Europe, majority people there and their ancestors practice Tibetan Budhism and their many cultural and traditional values are influenced by Tibetan. They are very proud of all these traits. In the other hand, I understand Khas Hindus have painted word \"Botay\" so negatively, and they called our ancestors Botays in their backs. Now, it is time to tell Khas people to f%ck off! Try comparing Tamu words with Tibetan. Ask Tibetan, how you say \"fire\", \"water\", \"gate\" and so on.... You will be suprised with your own findings. The word Nepal is synonym with Buddhism. Todays so called \"Nepali\" language was Khas people language. In 1950, with Indian help, Mahendra Bir Bikram over threw B.P. Koirala\'s govt and implemented Panchayat system (One party rule) where he has the absolute power. Then Mahendra in the name of \"One nation, one language policy\", he forced Khas Bahasa to be the only Nepali language. Before that \"Newar\" language was called Nepali Bahasa. Since then in Nepal, all the education was tought in Khas bahasa. Basically, it was forced upon on our ancestors. Yes, we should protect our Nepali indigenous culture, tradition and race. I thank you and keep up the great work of preserving your ancestorial wealth. Thanks again, Nawang