Many Tongues, One People : : The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal / / Arjun Guneratne.
The Tharu of lowland Nepal are a group of culturally and linguistically diverse people who, only a few generations ago, would not have acknowledged each other as belonging to the same ethnic group. Today the Tharu are actively redefining themselves as a single ethnic group in Nepal's multiethni...
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