This is the 34 th edition of Diaspora Diaries, a regular series in Nepali Times with stories of Nepalis who have lived or are working abroad. Growing up in rural Gorkha, I saw planes long before I saw ...

Intellectuals from the Gurung community today laid stress on the need for discouraging youth from going abroad to work as Lahure and seek alternatives here in Nepal itself. “To discourage the Lahure ...

Every new crisis heightens the importance of labour migration for Nepal’s economy. Remittance money has run this country for past centuries, right down to the present day. A succession of rulers have ...