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November 7th, 2005

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Nepal’s Ethnic Divide

Did you know what Nepal was divided into six ethnic groups? Because I sure didn’t.

And no, I don’t think this is relevant to the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, at least not looking at maps of Maoist-controlled territory—although I’m speculating.

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Ben Shobert
November 7, 2005
9:39 pm
Guys - No comment about Nepal here; however, I did want to point you towards my review of Kaplan's Imperial Grunts. It served as a nice break over my 1L reading for sure! On average this Kaplan book was as good as his past books relative to its writing style, but I missed his typical insightful commentary and analysis like that from Coming Anarchy or Warrior Politics. My review is here. Sorry for linking on an unrelated blog entry. Best of wishes to you all.
sun bin
November 8, 2005
12:05 am
more than than, accodring to "wiki":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nepal#Ethnicity

it listed 12 major groups, total=103 including caste groups.
90 languages/dialects
sun bin
November 8, 2005
12:39 am
"Nepal is a smaller version of India in terms of ethnolinguistic diversity":http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2005/11/map-indias-ethno-linguistic-map.html