The article discusses ethnicity and national integration in Nepal. Nepal is a multi-ethnic and pluralistic society. In Nepal, its various social segments called by their respective caste names (jat or jati) are generally understood to form part of a single social and cultural order. The author wishes to see a "harmonic model' prevail as before, but the author argues that the true aim should be to continue to find this harmony in group relationships compatible with the times. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-04)