Diaspora Diaries

Mountain to desert to ocean

Mountain to desert to ocean

Nepali overseas worker rises up the ranks from cleaner to manager on a cruise ship

Finding a niche in Nepal

Finding a niche in Nepal

A Nepali migrant returnee has set up a successful business back home and has some tips for others like him

Wounded in the line of duty

Wounded in the line of duty

A Nepali factory worker in Malaysia loses a limb but gets help from colleagues and both governments

“I went to earn and learn”

“I went to earn and learn”

Former policeman seeks his fortune in the Gulf and returns to Nepal to start a business

Migrant worker returns to create work at home

Migrant worker returns to create work at home

Duped by an agent who promised work in Kabul, former security guard fulfils his dream back in Nepal

The return of a master baker

The return of a master baker

The struggle and success of a migrant worker who has returned to Nepal to start a thriving bakery

Adventures of a Nepali coffee aficionado

Adventures of a Nepali coffee aficionado

Barista learns on the job in cafés in the Gulf, and helps bring the coffee culture to Nepal

Turning the desert green

Turning the desert green

Nepali farmhand in Saudi Arabia talks about the decade he has spend growing vegetables and tending goats

Prisoners of the Green Passport

Prisoners of the Green Passport

Nepali migrant worker who wrote poetry at construction sites in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

After 20 years in the UAE, a Nepali migrant worker returns to make a living from his passion for poetry

Cut from a different cloth

Cut from a different cloth

Migrant worker who returned to start his own thriving garment business now provides jobs for fellow Nepalis

Nepalis picking berries in Scotland

Nepalis picking berries in Scotland

Opportunity to earn money as seasonal workers, and to learn new farming techniques

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