Is The Era Of The Gurkhas Coming To An End?

Warriors: The formidable fighters are recruited from the Himalayan foothills of Nepal. Daily Mail

Gurkhas: The Beginning Of The End? -- The Guardian

Gurkha redundancies and falling recruitment numbers threaten Nepalese warrior tribes' 200-year tradition.

As scores of British Gurkha soldiers are made redundant by the British army and recruitment numbers fall, there is deep concern among Nepal's mountain tribes that their proud 200-year tradition could be under threat.

It is recruitment season in the Himalayan foothills, a time when recruiters for the British army, locally known as "Galla walla", themselves former Gurkha soldiers, go from village to village looking for raw talent.

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