Fear of Big Sikkim

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The perceived dangers of a "Greater Sikkim" are discussed by Mohan Ram in a recent article in the New Delhi Pioneer, excerpted here, whose starting point is the constitutional recognition given to the Nepali language in India.

Sikkim's new status, as a linguistic state of Nepalis, gives a new edge to the hitherto nebulous demand for a "Greater Sikkim" encompassing the adjacent Nepali-speaking tracts of the former kingdom which became a part of India under controversial circumstances.

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