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Description:
The article studies the fluidity of ethnicity with the help of a case study of Nepali and Newar identity in the United States. The article contains data on Nepali immigrants, which show a small number in the United States while the Indian community is much larger. The caste divisions prevalent in Nepal do not exist to such extent in the US communities. There seems to be a heightened sense of ethnic awareness among Newars of the United States. The author being Newar himself learned a lot about his own cultural heritage. The article concludes that the shifting importance of ethnicity seen in the case of the Newars supports the notion that ethnicity, rather than being something static, is a process that is in continual flux. The boundaries and definition of ethnicity are never clear-cut. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2006-10-25)
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