Should Nepal's official language be English? I am not saying this because I'm oh so in love with western civilisation, quite the contrary. The fact of the matter is, I hate when these uppity rich city folks act western in the name of sophistication. But that's the topic for another day.

I pose this question because we are going through ethnic turmoil, there are people like Padma Ratna Tuladhar (good guy?) and also guys like Ang Kaji Sherpa (obviously a racist prick), and Krishna Bhattachan (another anti-Hindu) denouncing Nepali language as Khas language. Since they have been very successful in denigrating Khas Brahmin and Chettry (BC, hereafter) people of Nepal, which has resulted in widespread hatred toward BC. Now, I personally think Tuladhar is an activist who just wants to preserve his culture and language, which is absolutely awesome. But I highly doubt people like Ang and Krishna have that kind of agenda.

I think it is not feasible for a country like ours to keep translating all the documents (people are asking their mother tongue to be official language in their respected areas as well) for a poor nation like ours, so why not make English our official language, as it is not Khas people's language, right? Our literate population also know English, so the competition would be fair I suppose (at least at the higher officer level)? And non-gazetted level government workers can work in their own mother tongue?

I don't know, just throwing in some ideas?

The literacy rate of Nepal is 49 pc which means,almost half of the population have no education in any form but approx.all could speak Nepali native language with some mix of regional dialect,without a problem and are more comfortable to communicate in it.With such scenario,the idea of officializing English in Nepal would be a far-flung pipe dream;but,it is not an impossible supposition.The young generation in cities and mostly in urban places, might have came across it genially,but a major part of people are still devoid of systematic education and others human requirements.

English is assuredly an exotic language in Nepal and it will be tough for others to get it,in their own places and remote surroundings,while students in villages could find it surprising,under roofless classes and missing teacher.If proper education is served in all areas--mountain tops,hilly regions and terai belt--then,it will be something of a nearby object, which is fluently accessible to all citizenry and people could handle and apply it,as they prefer.Notwithstanding the fact that,Nepali language itself have a big volume of its own interesting world,inseperably attached among its dwellers and permanent residents,no matter how brief the history is,comparing with other lingua franca.