Nepalis are voting with their feet
The accelerated mass migration out of rural mountains is proof that federalism is malfunctioning
depopulation
Winds of change sweep Mustang
Nepal’s trans-Himalayan district faces deep demographic shift due to migration
The last men standing
Villages in Khotang empty out as entire households leave for cities in the Tarai for easier lives
Eastern Nepal’s depopulating mountains
“We keep talking about rural development, but there is no one left to develop here.”
Letter from Sikles
As depopulation hits home, Himalayan village mulls ways to reverse outmigration
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