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Press articles (used media abbreviations) (see also link collection on inclusion)

Do away with casteism, by Subhash Paudel (kp 28/08/2007)

Kin missing as man weds higher caste, by Bedraj Poudel (kp 27/02/2007)

Dalit, Brahmin share hut for business, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 03/12/2006)

Community feast held to break caste barriers (kp 23/11/2003)

Brahmin Council meet (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2003)

First-ever world conference of Brahmins kicks off (Himalayan Times, 14/07/2003), Brahmin meet ends with 9-pt declaration (Himalayan Times, 16/07/2003)

First World Brahmin Congress to be held (Himalayan Times, 15/06/2003)

Brahmins, Chhetris rear pigs to generate income (Space Time Today, 12/02/2003)

Man ostracised for marrying low caste girl (Rising Nepal, 04/07/2002)

Laws seem to have no effect on society (Kathmandu Post, 05/03/2002)

Taboo still stalks inter-caste marriages, by Shyam Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2002)

Travails of an inter-caste couple (Kathmandu Post, 13/02/2002)

Reviving Brahminism in modern garb? by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 27/09/2001)

Caste discrimination continues unabated (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2001)

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Varna System In Modern Society, by Mrigendra Bahadur Karki (Rising Nepal, 18/12/2000)

Upper caste people gherao journos, activists (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2000)

How UN offers job!, by Arun Gupto (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2000)

One injured in casteist clash (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2000)

Doms fight discrimination, by Bijay Prasad Mishra (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2000)

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