STRUGGLE FOR ETHNIC IDENTITY: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES FROM NEWĀR AND MAGAR COMMUNITIES An Independent Study Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Pokhara University in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in English Submitted By: Abhas Dharananda Rajopadhyaya Gyan Singh Rana Yam Bahadur Mahat Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research (IACER) Affiliated to Pokhara University Kathmandu, Nepal. May 2018