Recently i've been watching the news and programes about the Gurkha's wanting equal rights.  I can not believe that they are not being able to come back here when they have fought for the Uk for years and this is how they are thanked. I also saw a poster about Gurkha's saying they want their children to come here aswell as their wive's I don't understand why this is even being questioned. They should beable to come here after serving for the UK with their family including their wife and children. I was very angry when I saw this poster and I hope that you will all understand my feelings and the feelings of the other 9 half nepali children deserted by their Gurkha father's.  We respect and love the gurkha's so much that they was part of our family once. Now we as half nepal children and Adults are just forgotten about. We grew up in kitchener Barracks and was invited to all the festivals that the Gurkha's celebrated in the Barracks. Even our Mother's was invited as we was one big happy family. Since the Gurkha's have been sent to maidstone and the wive's and children have come here we have been forgotten. This has made us really bitter and angry as we thought that we was family but now we realise that they was two faced. We feel not only forgotten about but we also feel that we are ashammed of when Nepali people see us around. We aren't 100% English and we aren't 100% Nepali so where do we belong as half nepali children? Where is our justice? We can't even have our father's name on our birth certificate without their permission. We can not find our father's so how is this fair. I asked the Gurkha Major in Maidstone 4 years ago for his help. I went and had a meeting with him He said he had seen my father in Nepal in his leave and that he had his e-mail add. He said that he would e-mail my father and see if he wanted to be incontact with me. I was very angry when he said this as i'm my father's daughter and what about what I wanted? My father did e-mail me and I went to Nepal off my own back and met my father, step mum, sister and brother. I was really angry when my father blamed my mother for everything and all he cared about was himself. None of the mother's of the half nepali children have got the father's into trouble and they have struggled and honoured thier responsabilitie. When are the Gurkha's going to honour their responsabilitie's? The Gurkha slogan is it's better to die than to be a coward. In war situation  this is true the Gurkha's are the best soldier and the bravest around. When it come's to real life real responsabilitie's they are cowards the one's who got English women pregnant and left them to deal with the babie's. Thank god our mother's loved Nepali blood enough to give us life and bring us up without help from our fathers. English Squddie's would have to pay there way towards their children so Gurkha's should have to aswell if they want equal rights. We are not to be ashammed of we never asked to be brought into this world. We are proud to have Nepali blood going through our vains but we want justice. Gurkha's say that family are the most important thing but we don't see that at all. We all agree that the Gurkha's are being treated very badly but if they want equal rights then it's time they took on their resposabiltie's and paid. We are all very bitter, angry and hurt and that is something that will build in us for the rest of our live's and never go away.  Especially when one day our fathers might want to come to the Uk at some point when they walked away when it really mattered. We want to find our fathers as when we asked Gurkha's on a numberof occasions about our fathers they say they don't know anything they hide things.  What about our justice? What about our rights? To any Gurkha that reads this we are very proud of you all. Please try to understand our hurt and pain. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

If there is anyone that can help us Half Nepali children could you e-mail me at leahkumaripradhan@hotmail.co.uk

                                                                    Thank you Leah Kumari.

 

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Originally posted by kumari

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I see that you are very hurt and I sincerely sympathize with you. I only wish things would work out for you, your father and your family. But at the same time, please do not hold any personal grudges against all other Gurkhas. They are fighting for a true cause at this crucial time and I know you will agree with me on that.

Good Luck  

Dear Leah

I empathise with your situation completely. You do have the right to point out individual responsibilities. As children of your father, I agree that you and your siblings have equal rights irrespective of your mixed heritage as his other children. I do hope thus that your father will do the honourable thing and give you, your mother and your siblings what has been due all this time: respect and recognition as members of his family. If it is any consolation, your mother seems to have instilled some very good values into you for which she and yourselves should take credit.

Also, despite your personal pain, you found words of support for Gurkha campaign for justice in general. That says a lot about you, so thank you Leah. All I can say is, if your father does not do the right thing, it is truly his loss.  

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Originally posted by gurkha101

I see that you are very hurt and I sincerely sympathize with you. I only wish things would work out for you, your father and your family. But at the same time, please do not hold any personal grudges against all other Gurkhas. They are fighting for a true cause at this crucial time and I know you will agree with me on that.

Good Luck  

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                 I really wish that people would take the time to read my post properly. I don't hold any grudges for any Gurkha's that haven't done me any harm. I'm very proud of the Gurkha's and I don't agree with them not being able to stay her when they have done us proud in the Uk. My father and many others children's fathers don't want to know and that isn't right. So where is our justice? Are you saying we don't matter? That it's ok to use English woman when the Nepali wive's wasn't here? Us children are in pain because we aren't excepted by the Nepali people. We have seen our mother's struggle as they couldn't work to pay for our food, clothe's ect. They had to look after us they didn't have the choice to leave like our father's. I know of 9 children around my area and known of them have been looked after by father's or have their father's name on their birth certificate. Now it's time they we got our justice to aswell as the Gurkha's.                                                              

   Leah Kumari.

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Originally posted by kumari

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Originally posted by gurkha101

I see that you are very hurt and I sincerely sympathize with you. I only wish things would work out for you, your father and your family. But at the same time, please do not hold any personal grudges against all other Gurkhas. They are fighting for a true cause at this crucial time and I know you will agree with me on that.

Good Luck  

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 I really wish that people would take the time to read my post properly. I don't hold any grudges for any Gurkha's that haven't done me any harm. I'm very proud of the Gurkha's and I don't agree with them not being able to stay her when they have done us proud in the Uk. My father and many others children's fathers don't want to know and that isn't right. So where is our justice? Are you saying we don't matter? That it's ok to use English woman when the Nepali wive's wasn't here? Us children are in pain because we aren't excepted by the Nepali people. We have seen our mother's struggle as they couldn't work to pay for our food, clothe's ect. They had to look after us they didn't have the choice to leave like our father's. I know of 9 children around my area and known of them have been looked after by father's or have their father's name on their birth certificate. Now it's time they we got our justice to aswell as the Gurkha's.                                                              

   Leah Kumari.

 

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Yes, Leah Kumari has a point.   It's a mind boggling question that she raises towards all the Gurkhas when we are are busy  fighting a campaign for justice.   She and other half Gurkha children who are derelicted by their father, certainly deserve  justice at any cost.   The Gurkha communities scattered around in Uk should be able to address the grievances they are putting forward and sort out the matter to a considerable extent.  They are demanding not much, other than the justice to have a name tag of their biological father, which they are deprived with, so far.  I have full sympathy towards them and feel tongue tied to say anything for their solace, as they are justifying true, whatever they are expecting about.  What a shame that I am completely helpless.   God bless her and others like her.   Wish them all the best for their upcoming life.

Man Bahadur.