Race, Identity and Nationality: Relocating Nepali Nationalism in India

This article contextualises the relationship between race, identity and nationality with the case of Nepalis in India, who are historically, racially, culturally, and linguistically heterogeneous but socially constructed as a homogenous community in India. It surmises that relocating Indian Nepalis, without a reference to the country of their origin no matter when they came from Nepal, without considering India’s bilateral relationship with Nepal, and without linking Indian Nepalis with the Madhesi or Nepal Nepalis, seems an extremely challenging, if not impossible, task