A tribute to Gurkhas!

AND I WANNA ADD MORE THING... THERE ARE MORE COUNTRIES THAT LOVE US RATHER THAN THOSE COUNTRIES THAT HATE US... SO WHO CARES ABOUT UR NONSENSE

 I so agree with Sumedhu, great thinking. We love to just dwell on our past so much. The so called 'Bahadur' gorkhas are today so very keen on leaving their nationality and their country and fighting for british citizenship and it is such a joke. What is there to be so proud of our culture that killed thousands of innocent people in some other coutries? it is such an act of animal. Had we fought like that for our own coutnry, we can call ourselves 'bahadur' but to be hired to killed is called a 'goon' in today's term.

I agree with you Sumedhu, it is so sad that our country has nothing to be proud of yesterday nor today. There seem to be no one who is a true selfless 'bahadur' in the whole gorkhaland.

 

Kindly don't put me in the list of "we".

I am proud to declare that I am more than proud to be associated with the Gurkhas !!!
I do agree that it is foolish to dwell in the past, but look, our fellow brothers,uncles and fathers are still in the force and they are still in action.

Also please, don't accuse your own fellow Nepali, with whose money the Nepal economy runs, of killing innocent people in a foreign land. Do you have proof ? The way you put it completely paints the picture differently.

Last bu not least, I do hope that Sheetlab you were not typing from the comfort of your home in the States.

LOOKING AT UR COMMENTS I CAN EASILY CLAIM THAT SUMEDHU AND SHEETLAB ARE BOTH TAPARE BAUNS.... AND U SAID IF WE ARE NOT BAHADUR AND WE NEVA FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY... WELL REALITY CHECK... WE MONGOLIANS ESPECIALLY GURUNGS AND MAGARS WERE THE TRUE BACKFORCE OF P.N. SHAH THE GREAT WHO UNIFIED NEPAL... AND THEN LATER ON HE ALSO ADDED SOME OTHER MONGOLIANS AS WELL AS OTHER CASTES... AND IF WE GORKHES WERE NOT TO FITE FOR OUR COUNTRY NEPAL WOULD HAD NEVA EXISTED....
AND BTW HAVE U EVA READ THE TERMS OF THE SUGAULI TREATY... ONE OF THE TERMS WERE THAT NEPAL WILL ALLOW SOLDIERS TO BE RECRUITED TO THEIR ARMY... SO BASICALLY WE GORKHES SAVED UR ASS ONCE AGAIN BY SERVING THE BRITISH...
IF IT WAS NOT FOR THOSE BIR GOKHALIS... U COULD HAD BEEN A STUPID DHOTI... HAVE U EVA THOUGHT OF THAT.... AND NOW U CALL US ANIMALS UNCIVILIZED AND MANY OTHER SHITS...
WELL ALL I WANT TO SAY FOR NOW IS... WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT UR NONSENSE OVER HERE... SO JUS GO DO UR THINGS....

OK SHEETLAB I  KNOW U R BAUN... SO U SAID THAT ITS A JOKE THAT WE ARE FITING FOR U.K. CITIZENSHIP... WELL WAT DO U THINK IS THIS A JOKE FOR YA???
WELL THE ANSWER IS NO....
DO U REALLY THINK THAT THOSE STUPID DHOTI BRITISH DESERVES TO BE MORE BRITISH THAN US??? AS SOME OTHER GORKHE SAID... IT WAS BETTA FOR US TO COME TO UK THROUGH DOVER RATHER THAN BEING SOLDIERS FOR THE UK
AND NOW BACK TO THE MAIN POINT... WHY THE HELL DO U THINK THAT THIS IS A JOKE??? WE ALSO DON'T WANNA LEAVE OUR COUNTRY... BUT WE HAVE TO... BECAS IF WE STAY BACK IN NEPAL... WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.. NO JOBS NOR ANY CAREER... IF THERE ARE EVEN JOBS OVA THERE.. ALL THE JOBS ARE TAKEN AWAY BY BAUNS DUE TO THEIR BACKFORCE FROM MANTRIS... SO IF U STILL THINK WE ARE JOKING GO SHOOT URSELF...

MM, I think we should not try to get involved with "jat" here. Its fine so long as what thay write are relevant,logical and not personal. I don't fully know what Sumedhu wrote, but I agree with some of the points that were brought about both of them.

Since this is a public forum, we should ensure that everyone self-censors and hold back personal attacks on other caste or differing opinion, and let them have a fair say.

regards,
Rai

MM, I think we should not try to get involved with "jat" here. Its fine so long as what thay write are relevant,logical and not personal. I don't fully know what Sumedhu wrote, but I agree with some of the points that were brought about both of them.

Since this is a public forum, we should ensure that everyone self-censors and hold back personal attacks on other caste or differing opinion, and let them have a fair say.

regards,
Rai

YA I GUESS SO SOLTEE... I AGREE WID YA ON THAT ONE...

OK THIS COMMENT IS GONNA BE RACIST...
I DUNNO IF I AM RITE BUT... IT SEEMS THAT ALL UR POSTING ONE THIS THREAD IS DUE TO HATRED OF BAUNS OVER MONGOLS...
OR U MITE HAD BEEN TRYING TO MAKE US FEEL BAD BY SAYING MERCENARIES TO US... BECAS WE HAD BEEN POSTING THINGS LIKE THE CURRUPTION DONE BY BAUNS OF NEPAL AND OTHER BAD INFLUENCES OF BAUNS IN NEPAL...

Well, Mr,Mrs or who ever you are??? Why don't you enlighten us by explaning what bravery means?? you seem to have know so much about the gorkhas and the say about their gorkali.

So, you really think just because these gorkhali are leaving nepal makes them not nepali, who ofcource forgets their cultur and tradition???Oh! by the way they become ruthless killers haina. Let me ask you something, I hope you stay in Nepal and never want to go anywhere apart from nepal.  Do you really thing that all the ploticians in nepal are representing nepal and it's culture??? Do you have any say about it or not. I bet you do not,as it seems like you do not have time to see the truth  and so anything,as you are so busy discrediting the history written by our fellowmen and dishonor them. You much happy to sit, laugh and critisize you people along with philihino hagi.

You are not nepali and you never can be.

Makuramanche,

"A little knolwledge is always a dangerous thing." Please study more and travel across the world to get enlightened. Your foul language doesn't prove anything substantail. Please go on vomiting the bad out o from greay stuff, if there is any, inside your skull.

You said , Gorkhas are admired in the whole world. It is an utter sheet. Go from Indonesia to Gallipoli and then to the latin Americas , they will merely tell you the bad stories of these so called war heroes. Go to Pakistan and they will call with all the foul names for these Gorkhas fighting for India. Go to Malaysia as you have claimed, they are accused of killing the Malaysian Communist Party supporters so ruthlessly. Go away beyond the british occupied territories, and their identity is so bleak. And go to India your so called admirers ,  will rather call you गोर्खे , बहादुर, कान्छा, चौकिदार instead of praising you for your bravery and chivalry.

And for those who have accused  me of being a Bahun. I have nothing to say. Being myself a Magar in a multi ethnic village , I have been a vehement critic of this so called Gorkhalism. I always sided with the concpt "Down with Gorkha recruitmen campaign'" .I studied in Indian schools than because my father himself in Indian army. I hate this culture and I really pity on our so called Janajatis as they can not compete with the cunning Bahuns because they accept their greatness by being Lahures. If Janajatis are to stake more claim in the national politics, they have to bycott this Lahure culture and try to make their presence felt in the national politics, civil service  job opputunities and by studying. Look at the bahuns and Newars, they have been out of Nepal with their strength of study calibre. Look at the janajatis , they have been fighting alonside the British for the last two hundred years and where we are .And don't blame the Bahuns and Chhetris alone because this blame game does not make you superior. As a student of human history, I know that this was the Gorkha King Dravya Shaha who first made the chhetris , Gurungs and Magars of  western Nepal under the command of Ganesh Pandey whose great grandsom Kalu Pandey was the commander of the same Gorkha Army that unified Nepal. After his time, his son Bahadur shaha unified the eastern part and brought the rais and Limbus also in his Gorkha army as was aptly called because this was the army of the Gorkha Principality. The leaders and commanders and advisors even then were Bahuns and Chhetris as they were  considered  superior  for  formulating startegies as compared to the Janajati foot soldiers.

Later , British realized that they were superior themselves in the mental game of the warfare and in formulating startegies. So they did not like to take in the clever Bahuns but went along with a few clever Chhetris to command their platoons. this is the history. The docile Janjatis could cause less problems because they were considered ignorant and obedient to their masters then.

Now the whole world has changed and Janjatis can equallycompete with any other people of castes and creeds. It is time for our Janajatis to realize that we can neither be brave or great by being employed as merceneries to serve others. We have to do away with this false propoganda of Gorkhali heroics because there was nothing as such. We have to come out of this self'eulogising falsehood and try to explore greatness in our children's future. मैले अघि नै भनिसकेँ अर्का का लागि बन्दुक बोकेर अर्काका शत्रू मार्न सहयोग गरिदिएर हामी महान बनिँदैन । हाम्रो महानताको प्रमाण कहीँ कतै छैन न त हाम्रो कथित महान कामले हाम्रो देश कहिलै महान हुन नै सकेको थियो। न त हामी बेलायत भयौँ न त अमेरिका न त कुनै अरू कुने गतिलो मुलुक बनन सक्यौँ । अनि कसरी महान भइयो हामी?

अर्को कुरा लाहुरे प्रवृत्ति र गोर्खाली कुराको बिरोध गर्न सबैभन्दा बढी जनजातीले नै पर्छ । बाहुनलाई गाली गरेर हामी ठूलो हुने पनि हैन , ठूलो हुन त हामीले भाडाको टट्टु हुन छाडेर आफ्नो देशमा अरूभन्दा अघि बढ्न के गर्नुपर्छ त्यो पो सोच्नु पर्छ र गर्नु पर्छ ।

हामी आँफैले हामी गोर्खाली महान भनेर के कुरा हासिल हुन्छ ?

Sumedhu, It is not because of wanting to prove one's valor that young boys compete in the recruitment events for the British Gurkha regiments in the hills...It is dire economic reasons.  There is no way this culture should ever be boycotted as it has been a historic tradition followed by these peeps and their fore-fathers.  Its a symbolic gesture of accomplishment for the family as a whole who partake in the son's/brother's achievement (their standard of living  now being raised thanks to the inflow of foreign reserves).  Listen smarty, not only internationally but also domestically, these Gurkhas were perhaps singlehadedly responsible for the dollar inflows into Nepal (along with the deteriorating tourism sector) after the transistion into democracy back in '90.  Many smart businessmen were taking their wealth outta Nepal but the Gurkhas were helping keep our economy stable.  These Gurkhas, not only brave for the outside world were also protectors of Nepal (financially by their remittance sent back home).

Also, you say Indonesia, Pakistan and Latin America talk shieet about the Gurkhas?  Wake up dimwit!  These countries are the enemies or have fought wars against the nations that Gurkhas are mercinaries of.  Would these idiots who dared challenge the fabled Gurkhas into combat and saw their comrades/forfathers killed even talk good about the ones who destroyed them?  It is basic common sense!!

What about the countries that the Gurkas protected?  India owes its Northern Frontiers to its Gurkha regiments (No wonder the Pakis hate them).  During WWII, when Japs had crossed Burma heading into Nagaland and the NE States, it was the Gurkhas who saved the day.  No wonder in Kohima, they still have the memorial for the honor of the Gurkha soldiers who succumbed there.  India was saved from being under the Axis rule by the Gurkhas.  So what if they now decide to call all Neps: Gorkhays?  These dhotis should thank these Gorkhays that they today aren't churning yogurt in the mills under the "real" chinks (Japs).

And about Argentina...The Gurkhas singlehandedly fought the Falklands War when Falklands was occupied by force by the Argentines.  Till this day, their army still dread the legendary Gurkhas!!  Ain't no mystery as to why they are hated and revered in awe by the enemies.

Before you fells even talk shit about the legacy of the Gurkhas, know that these fighters are an integral part of Nepali culture (the ones who united various satellite states into one nation), an integral part of our foreign reserve inflows and finally an integral part in Neps being seen as heroic in the Commonwealth nations.  C'mon why don't I see any recognition for bahuns/chetris/mustangays/newars,etc. outside of Nepal??  Only the Sherpas and the Gurkhas have brought about all thats perceived as good in normative Western culture: Gurkha=Loyalty, Sherpa=Hard work!!  I'm not one of them (never was), but they in my mind deserve all respect and for anyone to shut them down is plain ignorance!!

 

Read the below forum for insights into Gurkhas and their presence in the Commonwealth nations:  http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=99110

 

Sumedhu,

                I think you are a racist and a pessimist, because you said the Gurkhas fought others' wars. NO madam, they fought the war for humanity, rights, freedom and peace and most importantly for the right cause on the right side. Don't even get started on the British part, they've given much freedom to all those immigrants than they get in their own countries, ask your Indonesian friend. BTW don't trust them much, there's a lot of scandals Indonesian people had just for money. At least, the Gurkhas didn't steal, betray or looted anyone. And I don't think the Gurkhas were slaves or they are now. They were professionals with their skills. Please do a research on how the world economy works. According to you, all the people in the world must be slaves for one another coz people work for one another, with one another. I just wonder if you have a job? If you do then you are a slave right. How many times have you been slaves working in other countries? If these people have not done that(including the soldiers from the other countries), you would have been working and being tortured everyday in one of those concentration camps for the Nazis or the Japanese(that's the real slave ok). By the way, what do you think happens in a war? They don't have a ball dance around a barbeque fireplace with their enemies out there. You don't even have a time to think, it's DO or Die. What kind of people goes to war?  Armed forces and believe me, if they get the first chance, they will make sure you die with a lot of pain. Might be, these people were not brave but if I were you, I would not discourage or dishearten the ones who has been inspired to battle everydays' life difficulties with their courageous history. Yes, Gurkhas did kill ruthlessly, but they killed the EVIL ones to free the good ones and you are one of them. If you shed your tears for the Nazis, good for you.

Guys, Leave this dhoti samedhu alone. He has already proved that he is dhoti, no more argument. We were, are and always be the Great Gorkhali, Nepali.

why the hell is this dhoti prashant given to sing this song? he is a f***king dhoti and should not be given to sing nepali songs not even a single. this is a type of attack on sovereignty of nepal. he is an f**king indian and should be left alone. i dont know why the hell some guys are giving over attention to this fcking indian? we should drive all black ass fcking indians from nepal.

gurkhas are the greatest of the greatest warriors in the world and nobody can win against them. we gurkhas always remain the greatest warriors even SAS cannot take us down. SAS gun fall on our khukuri blade.

Two thumbs up somedhu, i found a lot of patience and a great message in your words. I dont want to believe you but its dragging me in. Gurkhas are our history. whoever used us whatever happen.. its our past. some may love it , some might not. well history has been written and lives are gone, all we can do is to learn from our past and get ready for a better future.

Abracadabra, gurkhas are our history?  Are you nuts?  Magic tricks making you forget the grim reality huh??  Well, the Gurkhas were the ones whose remittance from abroad saved Nepal's foreign reserve inflows after democracy when tourism was non-existant (Thamel and Freak St. were dead then), India cut off most of its supplies of basic necessities to Nepal and most fat-cats who enjoyed the protection of the monarchy were transferring their wealth abroad.putting more strain on the economy.  That was then, today too, there are a large number of Gurkhas in the British Army so I have no clue as to where you get them as being history from?  They're still a part of the present.  Go to the hills of Gorha to the city/town of Dahran and see how the remittance from Gurkhas abroad have brought about an ease in the beneficiay's life.  This is happening even today and is still not yet history.  Now make yourself disappear as you're making no sense whatsoever.  Gadzookss!!!

वादे वादे जायते :

 

 

म माथिका केही भनाइसंग पूर्ण सहमत छु । नेपालीहरू ब्रिटिस र इण्डियन पल्टनमा भर्ति हुन जानुको आकर्षण नितान्त आर्थिक हो र अझ बेलायती, सींगापुरे र ब्रुनाईका लाहुरेले शहरमा बनाएका बडेबडे घरहरू अनि नेपालीले हेर्दा बिलाशी देखिने लाहुरे परिवारको तडकभडक जीवनशैलिले कसको मन लोभ्याउँदैन र ? अनि लाहुरेसंग पैसा छ , दिनदिनैको उत्साह, भोज र रमाईलोको जीवन छ त उसको परिवारले यसैमा रमाईलो देख्नु स्वाभाविक छ । नेपालमा अवसर छैन अनि यो आकर्षण युवाहरूमा छ भन्ने कुरामा मेरो प्रतिवाद छैन । तर यो कुराले गोर्खाली बहादुर हुन न्ने कुरासंग त कुनै साइनो छैन नि । हिजो हाम्रा पूर्खाहरूको सोझो र गवाँरपनको फाइदा कसैले उठायो अनि हामीलाई “तँ त क्या बहादुर छस् नि” भन्दै फुर्क्याउँदै हामीलाई आफ्ना शत्रूहरू छप्काउन प्रयोग गर‍्यो भन्ने कुरालाई अतिरञ्जित पाराले पढेर म रोमाञ्चित बन्दै  “अँ हामी क्या बहादुर है” भन्न सक्दिन , भन्न खोजेको त्यत्ति हो . यहाँ कुने लाहूरेलाई गालि गर्न खोजिएको पनि हैन । हो भने यो हामी वीर हौँ र हामि नै ठूला हौँ भनेर आत्मरतिमा रमाउने लाहूरेवादी सोचको आलोचना गरिएको हो । जो विवश भएर विदेशी सिपाही बनेर जीविकोपार्जनको बाटोमा हिँडिरहेका छन् ती आफन्त नेपालीहरूको आलोचना गर्नुको पनि कुनै अर्थ छैन । तर ती मान्छेहरू जसले लाहूरे हुनुको वाध्यतालाई हामी संसार कै सबैभन्दा ठूला र ग्रेटेस्ट भनेर झूटको रोमाञ्च मान्छेलाई बाँड्दै छन् तीनको आलोचना गरिएको मात्र हो यहाँनेर ।

अर्को कुरा के भने हामी जनजाती भनेर कहलिएकाहरूले अहिलेसम्म के ने गर्‍यौँ र बाहुन भन्दै आफ्नो हुतिहारापनको दोष अरूलाई थोपर्नु पर्‍यो । देखिएकै कुरा हो बाहुन लोभी र छुच्चो छ भनी हामी आँफै गाली गर्छौँ । एउटा बाहुन अघि बढ्यो भने अर्को नजिकै बस्नेले उस्को खुट्टा तान्छ । ऊ पनि गरीब छ तर गरीब भए पनि उस्ले फाटेको कमिज र जाँघेमा बिना चप्पल अरूले पढेर थोत्रेका किताब बोकाएर स्कूल पठाउँछ । बिहान बेलुका घाँस कटाएर , पशु चराउन लागएर पनि सन्तानलाई पढ्न लगाउँछ । जसोतसो एस एल सी पास गरेपछि मुखिया र खरदारका गाइड पढेर त्यो भोलि सरकारी हाकिम बन्ने सपनामा दिनरत तल्लीन भइरहन्छ त भएरे छाड्छ पनि । मैले देखेको छु यस्ता थुप्रै बाहुनहरू जस्ले कलेज पढ्दा चप्पल र पाइण्ट लगाउन जान्दैनथे तर आज सरकारका सचिव बनेका छन् । मैले देखेको छु तिनीहरूमा एकअर्कासंग भेट भए प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्ने वा जुध्ने गुण बढी छ एकले अर्काको प्रगति देखिसहन्नन । उनिहरू नै अरू जाति भन्दा संगठित रूपमा कम्युनल छैनन् । कुराको एउटा पाटो यही हो ।

अब हेरौँ जनजाती भनिएका हामीहरूको हालत । मेरा बाबु लाहुरे थिए त्यसैले म पढेर अगाडि बढ्छु बन्ने कुराले उनलाई कहिल्यै सन्तुष्टि दिएन । समाजका थुप्रै केटाहरू पहिलो स्कूल पढेकै दिनदेखि लाहुरे बन्ने प्रयासमा किताब र झोलासंग शत्रूताको व्यवहार गर्थे । उनिहरूका बाबुहरूले चाहेका भए पढाउन सक्थे तर ब्रिटिश लाहुरे हुने प्राथामिकतामा कहिल्यै पढाइले आदर नै पाएन, न समाजमा न परिवारमा । पढेर देशमै अरू बाहुन केटाहरूले जे गर्लान त्यही कुरामा म पनि प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्छु भन्ने कुरालाई देखेर मेरा आफन्त नै मलाई कस्तो बाहुन जस्तो छूचो भयो भन्ने आरोप लगाउँथे र मन पराउँदैनथे । बेलैमा एस एल सी गरे पनि लाहुरे हुन देखिन जानै प‍र्यो किनभने बाले एकजना चिनेका गल्लावालसंग भिडाइदिए । तर मन ने नभएपछि एउटा बहानामा फिजिकल गर्न नसकेको बहाना पारी बाहिरिएँ । पढेँ मास्टर्स गरेँ , अहिले एउटा अष्ट्रेलियन कम्पनिसंग काम गर्छु मलाई कुनै विस्मात पनि छैन । जुन लाहुरे छन , तिनले पनि जहान पाल्ने काम गरेका छन ठिकै छ । तर हामी जनजाती भनेर चिनिनेहरूले केयौँ पुस्तासम्म लाहुरे लाहुरे र फेरि लाहुरे बनेर त हाम्रो हैसियत माथि उठ्देन नि ! हामी अगाडि बढ्ने  हो भने आफ्ना सन्ततिलाई जीवनका लागि साँच्चै काम लाग्ने र ठूलो बन्न मद्दत हुने कुराहरू अपनाउन सिकाऔँ न अनि पो हुन्छ राम्रो । न त गोर्खाली र लाहुरे महान हुन भनेर न त बाहुनले सबै लुट्यो भनेर हामी ठूलो भइन्छ ।

जातको कुरा गर्ने हो भने नि मलाई के लाग्छ भने पल्टन घरमा पनि जनजाती बीचको मारामार मैले देखेको छु । जनजाति मध्ये नेपालमा मगरको एक्लो संख्या र तामांगको एक्लो संख्या राई, लिम्बु र गुरङलाई एकठाउँमा राख्दा हुने भन्दा बढी छ तर ब्रिटिश गोर्खादेखि सिंगापुर सम्म हेर्‍यो भने तामांग र मगर लाई जानाजानी पछाडि पेलिएको छ भन्ने कुरा त्यहाँको बारेमा जान्ने सबैलाई थाहा छ , बुझ्न मन लाए बुझे हुन्छ । आँफैलाई हामी जनजाती भन्नेको यो विजोग छ भने अरू टाठाबाठाले यसो गर्‍यो भनेर रूनुको केही माने छैन। अनि ब्रिटिश र सिंगापुरका  लागि  सेलेक्सन हुने ठाउँमा हाम्रा जनजाति गल्लावालहरूले तोकेरै बाहुन र क्षेत्री सकेसम्म नछिराउनु भन्ने माइण्ड मेकअप पहिल्यै गरिसकेका हुन्छन क्यारे , तेसो भएसि को कति जातभातको पछि लाग्छ पनि देखिएको छैन र ?

आँफू ठूलो हुन आफ्नो अतितका कमजोडिलाई चिन्न पर्छ र आँफैसंग भएका त्रूटिलाई केलाउन सक्नु पर्छ अरूलाई दोष लगाउनभन्दा पहिला । ब्रिटिशले कुल्लि बनाउन लगेका इण्डियनहरूका सन्ततिहरू आज फिजि, सिंगापुर, ब्रिटिश गायना, मरिशस र ट्रिनिडाड टोबेगोमा राष्ट्र प्रमुख बन्न पुगेका छन् र तीन पुस्ता अघि मुख र मुठ्टी लिएर बिदेसिएकाहरूका सन्तति २ करोड सफल इण्डियनले संसारमा आर्तिक साम्राज्य कायम गरेका छन्  तर २ सय वर्ष भन्दा बढी ब्रिटिसका लागि रगत दिएका भनेका हामी नागरिकता र पेन्सनको भीख माग्दै हामी संसारका सबैभन्दा ठूला गोर्खाली हौँ भन्ने मुतको न्यानोमा रमाएका छौँ । के अझै पनि हामी साँच्चै बहादुर नै हौँ त ? के हो त तेसो भए हाम्रो बहादुरीको देन हाम्रो लागि ?

samsara,

At present it is believed that there are around 1.2 million working Nepali people all acros the world from Korea, Japan and  the Malay Peninsula to the Gulf nations. This number excludes those working in India in various capacities. While there are 3 thousand serving Gurkhas in British army,  most of these British army Gurkhas think of settling down in England itself , so they rarely send huge remittance these days to Nepal. The Indian army Gorkhas on the other hand are in a few thousands and a half of them are from those Indain areas with Nepali origin population Sikkim, North Bengal, uttaranchal and Assam.. Whereas the civilian Nepali people living in India is estimated to several millions. As I got from the Nepal rastra bank sources, about 96 % of remittance money that flowed into Nepal last year was sent by the civilian Nepali population working outside. It is true that remittance was the single mainstay of Nepalese econoy during those choppy days and still is. It is therefor the romanicized past of Gorkhas is a mere history and our failed present is the only our present and reality.