Blurry definitions needlessly target the Nepalis of India. Terminology must come to the rescue.
A 'nomenclative crisis' today confronts all Nepali speakers in India. What to call oneself?
Some would argue, "What´s in a name?" But India being what it is, the name given to a language or people does matter. Morarji Desai, when he was Prime Minister, declared that Nepali was a "foreign language". The next step is to label all those who speak this "foreign language" foreigners, as does happen all over India, and especially in the Northeast.
It matters little to the people of Nepal, secure in their citizenship, whether they are called Gorkhali of Nepali. But for the Nepalis of India, the search for a term which indicates iheir Indian nationality and docs not confuse them with the Nepalese of Nepal has is urgent.