Migrating with the music of Nepal
Two migrant workers take along their flute and shehnai as they leave for work overseas
Two migrant workers take along their flute and shehnai as they leave for work overseas
Before mobile phones, Nepali migrants sent cassette tapes back and forth to communicate
Nepali Times resumes its Diaspora Diaries column, of which this is the 51st instalment
His foreign trainees were surprised he was from a landlocked country that has no oil rigs
“I’ve come a long way since my days as a kitchen help but mine is a story about separation and sacrifices.”
“We are not in the Gulf permanently, we send money home every month, and we will eventually return. We should have the right to vote.”
A Nepali geologist’s career takes a new turn after years flipping burgers in Dubai
Most migrants buy land or build houses with their earning but a Dubai-returnee came back empty handed to launch tea business
But his skills in training camels and fluency in Arabic have not been much use back home
Two Nepali former employees of McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia speak about starting their own burger chain in Nepal