Da Ugly Devil's Heaven

From where I know and read in childhood in school may be, Late King Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev made all the small “rajyas” united into a single country and named it Nepal. “Rajyas” - I think there were like 22 and 24 rajyas something like that as far as I remember. Baisya (22 in Nepali) rajya and chaubisya (24 in Nepali) rajya. Actually different groups of people had different circles and they had their own small kingdom at that time. And I think the word Nepal came from the Newars so called Nepa in Newari language. Well actually Newari language is called as Nepa Bhasha in our Newari. And in fact, the capital Kathmandu was ruled by Mallas while Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev captured it. But in remote past, I think according to the history, Yalambar was the first king of Nepal, well I should say Kathmandu. Yalambar was a king of Kirantes. So after Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev united it as Nepal, he chose Kathmandu, also called Kantipur, as the capital even though he was originally the king of Gorkha. And after he united it as one, he said, “Nepal char (4) jaat chattis (36) barna ko fulbari ho.” (Nepal is a garden of 4 Jaat and 36 barna.) So from that quotation, there should be 4 main castes here in Nepal. I think they are Bahun, Chettri, Sudhra, and other Baisya, something like that. Though I am not sure about it. I hardly remember it. I am sure about Bahun and Chettri though. Other two are little bit confused ones and about 36 barna too. So we have lots of multicultural people living here in Nepal.

What I hate the most is the discrimination in the people that we make especially in Newars. Mostly the older generations are still pretty conservative and they are like pulling owns leg rather than supporting each other. I know being a Newar I should be proud, somewhat I am, but yet lots of things are there that makes me wonder when it comes to conservativeness and lots of rituals we still are in, like Guthis as such. Guthi are like group within Newars. Guthis are groups of different people of same caste within Newars. It is forbidden to marry another boy/girl of different Guthi. If you do so, you will be out of your Guthi and considered as you have no caste or relation with any of them whatsoever. We have like lower caste and upper caste. Lower castes people cannot go to the kitchen or touch anything that belongs to upper caste people. Upper caste people wont even drink the water touched by the lower caste people. Lots of discrimination still exists in our society about this caste issue. I just wonder when this discrimination will end and people will understand there is only one caste, Human; only one dharma or religion, Humanity.