By Dev Kumar Sunuwar
On August 9, 2019, Indigenous Peoples observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples with gusto and fanfare around the globe. Meanwhile in Nepal, putting a halt to a 24-year-long practice of ceremonial traditions of celebrating the day, Indigenous people this year observed in the streets as part of their ongoing protest against the government’s move to slash civil service reservation quotas legally preserved for marginalized communities.