The Indian media called Thamel a mini- India, so what? whats the big deal about it. There are so many Somalians living in many places of Minnesota and people call their neighborhood a little Somalia. I have never seen any American getting mad about it. But Nepalese are making issues about Thamel.

Exactly.. Calling Indian media and posting the conversation in social media was ridiculous.. We are in big crisis and we are still after non sense stuffs..

All our neighbors were of great help..

Indian medias were idiots but why aren't we raising voice against Nepal medias ,who are releasing/broadcasting irrelevant/fake news..E.g In recent Rishi Dhamala 's interview with Bam Dev he used word 'Tripal' in every questions and was asking irrelevant question(s)..

If indian Media, told Thamel as mini india to its indian viewers because many indian live there , then is it a big deal? Everybody knows, thamel is not India. It was said in a figurative way.

Like Indian Media Nepali media are not good. There are media like Avenues Television whose only motive seems to spread hatred about India.
What nepali media has never covered is the hard work by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). I saw in one news, how NDRF actually helped pull one women out of the rubble alive after 5-6 days in international news channel. Another news in international media showed indian helilcopter landing in a very treacherous condition, and helped the victim move. Do you expect these things to be shown in Nepali media? NO.

Furthermore, Genius Nepali Photoshopper in facebook has not helped the cause. All they do is photoshop images against india, spreading disharmony. All they want is more likes and comments on facebook. They either photoshop, or create their own video swearing or brandishing khukuri making themselves look absolutely stupid.

I thought I was the only one thinking that way. I was also nervous that I'd be looked at differently but hell ya.. idiots will always be idiots wherever they go. We have mini china town in cali...now should every american go and call china...? Bunch of type 1 a..hole nepalese

I have a mixed feeling about this. But does Thamel have majority of Indian population compared to other races? If so, calling Thamel Mini India is justified. If not, it was just a part of Indian propaganda. Here in US cities, they have China Town, Mini Korea, Little India, etc. but the fact remains, those neighborhoods' Chinese/Korean/Indian population far exceeds local population(White/Black).

not just thamel,whole kathmandu is mini india.their hotels,their tv channels ,their news publications, their hospitals,their shopping mals,their bisal bazaar,their new road and all its shops/restaurants(it was called naya sadak after 1990 earthquake , new road in 70s,now nai sadak). all the big investors in the valley with their industries are indians. all the tourist centred shops, trekking gear dealers,massage centers are indian investment. the most important thok bikreta of almost any food producht in the vally is a marwari.your udhyog banijya sang is run by marwaris who flew with the first flight to india after the quake.the khetans, kedia,golyan, murarka,sharada, golchha,dugar,chowdhary,shirohiya ,saraf are the few big ones.for the smaller ones ,u can just go to thamel or new road and search for the owner of the shop/restaurant/hotel. do you still think kathmandu is not mini india?
or just go to sauraha,pokhara, biratnagar or even namche, and observe whom those hotels, resorts,shops, mals,schools, colleges and pretty much everything belongs.we as a nation have become so much economically dependant on these indians(though some claim to have nepali nagarikta ,most still have their indian ones or maintain both ;even those who are since 2 or 3 generations here).every political party has its sponsor house and these people are pretty much the kingmaker of nepal.this earthquake and the behaviour shown by these people in the immediate aftermath has for the first time made me think abt that. those lining for indian chartered planes and buses were the small fishes.the big fishes were evacuated with their kins by IAF helis .hey had put their darbans and gatekeepers to look after their houses and fled ktm fearing loots by the demoralised mob.

Nepalese have the right time to loot them Indians and get richer. A modern robin hood was supposed to be born.

Divorceguy le first choti thik kura garyo hai....Sometimes I also wonder why we have to hate everything India does/says.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOs5poxkLJU

natak yesko Australai basera k k nai dheke jasto. this guy needs to travel around the world. geri kasto funny Aussie accent k. yo Australian ra Briton haru le bolero sunyo vane ni irritating lagcha

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@divorceguy , मैले मेरो सम्पूर्ण जीवन काठमांडू बिसेस त ठमेल वरिपरि बिताएको छु तर खै कसैले तेल्लाइ सानो इंडिया भनेको सुनिन त । मलाई फरक पर्छ ,जब एउटा बिदेसी मीडिया ले नेपाल मा गएर बिना कुनै स्रोत आफु खुसी नामाकरण गर्छ भने मलाई फरक पर्छ । हो हामी भारत मा पर निर्बर छम , हाम्रो भौगोलिक अबस्था ले हामीलाई धोका दियो, यो पनि सही हो की हाम्रो धेरै ठाउँ मा भारतीय हरु कोहलिमलि छ तर नेपाल मा बिपत्ति परेको बेला देस मा आएर आफ्नो खुसी ले जे पायो तेइ भन्दा मलाई फरक पर्छ र त्यों भूकम्प को चित्र हेर्दा आँखा रसाउने सम्पूर्ण नेपाली लाइ फरक पर्छ ।
तेरो कुरो अनुसार त सम्पूर्ण नेपाललाई मिनी इंडिया भन्दे भै हाल्यो म सबै इंडिया जस्तो पो छ हैन ?
की अझ नेपाल लाइ सीडै भारत को प्रान्त बनाउने ? त्यों पनि राजी होलास त !
हुन त भालू लाइ पुराण के सुनाउनु , सहन नसकेर जवाफ मात्र देको हु ।

it all conditioning of unconscious mind... our parents use to do the same thing what we are doing -- they used hate Indians and we do.. and about commenting and judging it eachother --- yeah... it old game of mind... you feel kind of ego satisfaction when you can prove somebody is doing wrong.... I think it all time pass and ego gratification game.. Indian media did bullshit for their ego gratification, then a guy from Australia did chartikala for his popularity, and again another guy try to become superior than him by commenting him, here I am again playing same bullshit mind game.

it all conditioning of unconscious mind... our parents use to do the same thing what we are doing -- they used hate Indians and we do.. and about commenting and judging it eachother --- yeah... it old game of mind... you feel kind of ego satisfaction when you can prove somebody is doing wrong.... I think it all time pass and ego gratification game.. Indian media did bullshit for their ego gratification, then a guy from Australia did chartikala for his popularity, and again another guy try to become superior than him by commenting him, here I am again playing same bullshit mind game.

I'm wondering if the 'Thamel' is called mini Singapore or Switzerland by the same media, what would be their(people who're nagging over such absurd issue) reaction? Would they feel proud or protest in the same way?

obliviously they feel proud.. whether you feel proud or get angry... both of them are reactions.. and specially we nepali mind is very reactive...

Nepali people are losers, I have stopped considering myself Nepali a long time ago. However, I love Nepal more than anyone of you. I just don't like to live with Nepali mentality. I don't want to end up my life complaining about where Buddha was born or where the Mt everest is for that matter...nor do I want my kids to harbor this nonsense mentality. I know Nepal is a beautiful country and there so many things one can be proud of, but if complaining about all these trivial things and go on ranting against India/Indians is what all it takes to be a "Nepali", then I am no longer a Nepali. Nothing to be proud of in being one.
I wish our new generation would grow up and be able to see things beyond all these bullcraps. I wish the new generation would engender new ideas for better economic reforms and entrepreneurial aspirations and be known to the whole world in that regard. It is so unfortunate that our generation will end up being proud about Buddha and Mount everest. Honestly, both Buddha and Everest suck!

ठमेलमा इन्डियनहरुको बर्चश्व कहिल्यै थिएन भएन फाटफुट्ट मात्रै हो बरु इन्डियन भन्दा चाइनिजको बिगबिगी थियो मिनि चाइना बन्दैथ्यो यदि समाचारलाइ मिडियाले क्रितिम भोल्ट दिने हो भने। अर्को अमेरिका इमिग्रण्टले बनिएको देश हो तसर्थ मिनी द्यात दिस भन्नु नौलो होइन,  तर  फेरीपनि ठमेल आफैमा  साँघुरो छ कसैको मिनी बन्नै सक्दैन । एउटा बिल्डीङ देशीहरुले भरिदैमा इणडियन मिडिया को मिनी इण्डिया भन्ने परिकल्पना  हावादारी बकम्फुसे TRP laden   न्यूज मात्रै हो ।  अमेरिकामा बसेर अमेरिकी सोचाइ अनुसार अनुमान लगाऊने लाइ के भन्नु खोइ !

people need to travel n see the world rather than styign in that little tiny well/ Nepal

Indian media represents their own mentality ...we already know who they are ... we shouldn't think like them .they can say thamel mini india or bollywood who cares...