and bollywood seems within reach after manisha koirala and indian idol 2007 prashant tamang when violence erupted in the terai region along the indonepal border and madhesis or people of indian origin settled there started to demand their rights it was regarded as indias handiwork you dont get such a feeling when you go to nepal he adds add deep fear to the derision because some nepalese domestic employees were involved in crime in delhi and it makes for a poisonous cocktail of cultural stereotyping and corrosive bias the money is better there says the 25yearold who is working as a gardener in qatar i would not call india interfering similarly india continues to believe the very worst about the nepalese who come to work and live here ironically the 14month period of absolute rule by king gyanendra from february 2005 was the best period for indonepal relations say experts last year a criminal complaint was filed against a radio jockey in delhi after he allegedly made derogatory remarks about the winner of the 2007 indian idol contest prashant tamang who is of nepalese origin tough competitionrudra belbaases father left his home in nepal to study medicine in kolkata because it offered affordable education similar cuisine and language it was heightened by the 1988 blockade enforced by the rajiv gandhi government after nepal imported chinese antiaircraft guns without indias knowledge india should show the world that it does not view nepal as a subordinate but as an equal partner in the eyes of the sheikhs all of us are inferiors nepalis indians bangladeshis and sri lankans but its unlikely any one would recognize him except a few nepalwatchers and some of his wellwishers from all the years he spent hiding in india however when issues are blown out of proportion and egos are at work misconceptions arise she says the nepalese are touchy over what they regard as big brotherly treatment by india they feel they are not being treated on an equal footing but rudra 18 plans to go to the us or uk for a college degree to most indians the nepalese are seen as good for nothing more than jobs as guards and domestic employees