I've seen some nepali websites and magazines use the word 'gherao' as a regular english word. Why don't they use 'surround' instead which is valid word??




Jana Aandolan victims gherao ministers' residence

Hundreds of activists injured during the April movement gheraoed the Ministers' Quarter at Pulchowk, Lalitpur, to pressurise the government to fulfil their demands.

They ended their picketing after some ministers present inside the Ministers’ Quarter assured to see to their demands that government declare the victims of Jana Aandolan as ‘democracy fighters’ and provide them with free education, healthcare, transportation facilities, employment opportunities and immediate relief and compensation.

The protesting activists warned of stronger agitations if government failed to meet their demands.

Police had arrested and released more than 100 activists while staging sit-in in front of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of the country, on Tuesday.

25 people had died and over 400 thousands injured in excessive use of force by the royal regime to suppress the pro-democracy movement in April 2006.

Many injured pro-democracy activists are still undergoing treatment at various hospitals. nepalnews.com pb Jan 03 07

i think this can answer u...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gherao
a word becomes valid word of a langauage when the ones using it wants .. now there are so many words u won;t blieve and would not like to call them english word ..
It's all matter of time .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gherao

Add "izzat" too.

English itself is a burrowed language that is why it is so rich in vocabulary and still increasing vocab

the word like "google" was not in the dictionairy 5 years ago and now it is in it.

Gherao, meaning 'encirclement', is a word originally from Hindi, and is a typically South Asian way of protest. Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given.
The term became popular in the 1960s when political activists in West Bengal started the practice of surrounding a politician or a government building in large groups, for hours on stretch. The term has been adapted in this form by all Indian English newspapers. In such usage, the past tense of the verb, gheraoed, is more common.