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Homecoming at election time
Many disenfranchised Nepali workers overseas have returned home to make their voices heard
Migrant>returnee>entrepreneur>politician
She returned from Korea, bought a cafe, and is now standing for election
Overseas Nepali vote bank
Nepalis overseas may be disenfranchised, but they are engaged
Sky is the limit
From dishwashing to Michelin star, one Nepali’s spirited journey from Australia to Doha
Our migrant sons
What elderly parents of Nepal's overseas migrant workers say about the sacrifices their sons have had to make
Our great stories
On International Migrants Day, a look back at some of the 75 Diaspora Diaries
Things eventually work out
A Nepali migrant in Australia who fundraised for the victims of the GenZ protests finally able to release money to families amidst personal crisis
“I felt like I was born to be a nurse”
A Nepali nurse immigrates to the UK for the better future of her son diagnosed with Williams Syndrome
The power of one
A Nepali helping fellow Nepalis get better overseas jobs is awarded in Qatar
Nepali nurses caring for the world
On International Nurses Day 12 May, two migrants talk about their careers in the UK and Japan
Every day is closer to pay day
On Labour Day, May First, two stories of Nepali women who migrated overseas to support their families
When disaster strikes home
Four Nepali migrant workers share their experiences of the earthquake 10 years ago
Away from home when Nepal shook
A migrant worker remembers the worry when being so far away during the 2015 earthquake
The meat of the story
Insurgency, earthquake, Covid, swine flu, Nepali worker has seen it all, and persevered
Bringing Korea’s prosperity to Nepal
In small ways, many migrant workers are returning with skills to start businesses back home
A woman’s drive to push boundaries
Female Nepali double-decker driver in Dubai has charted her own path through life
Enslaved Nepali migrant worker rebuilds her life
“No one knows what I had been through in Lebanon. The troubles are mine to keep.”
Now, what?
A returning migrant worker finds that starting a business and creating jobs in Nepal has its rewards
The tale of four Nepalis in Mumbai
"Here, all you have is hard work. You can eat only if you work hard."
Overseas job-seeker now creates jobs in Nepal
A migrant worker who rose from nothing to be a successful entrepreneur back home in Nepal
Migrating with the music of Nepal
Two migrant workers take along their flute and shehnai as they leave for work overseas
"The first migrant worker from my village"
Before mobile phones, Nepali migrants sent cassette tapes back and forth to communicate
“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