"The first migrant worker from my village"
Before mobile phones, Nepali migrants sent cassette tapes back and forth to communicate
diaspora-diaries
“I have lived a simple, boring life”
Nepali Times resumes its Diaspora Diaries column, of which this is the 51st instalment
Migrant worker teaches others the ropes
His foreign trainees were surprised he was from a landlocked country that has no oil rigs
Sky is the limit for Nepali chef in Bahrain
“I’ve come a long way since my days as a kitchen help but mine is a story about separation and sacrifices.”
Nepal on my mind
“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.”
"Money is not everything, but you need money for everything"
A Nepali geologist’s career takes a new turn after years flipping burgers in Dubai
From retail to selling chiya
Most migrants buy land or build houses with their earning but a Dubai-returnee came back empty handed to launch tea business
Nepali bonds with racing camel in Qatar
But his skills in training camels and fluency in Arabic have not been much use back home
Amik and Tilak
Two Nepali former employees of McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia speak about starting their own burger chain in Nepal
Return of the native
For a Nepali, Dubai started feeling like home after 30 years
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