The problem of outsiders or immigrants has been one of the prime issues raised by a number of movements currently under way in the northeast. The Nepalese are one such group of outsiders, or 'foreigners' as some of the movements style them; but they are only technically foreign, and to simply dismis...
Initially delivered as the Srikant Dutt Memorial Lecture, this essay discusses the status of Nepalis in Northeast India on the basis of an article written in 1981 by Srikant Dutt, and provides commentaries based on the present author’s own research. The article deals with some stereotypes associated...
