stories

Read about journeys of migrant workers in their own voices

Diaspora Diaries 1

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Cut from a different cloth

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"Money is not everything, but you need money for everything"

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"The first migrant worker from my village"

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A Nepali’s lucky escape from Hamas

Diaspora Diaries 43

A father's sacrifice for his son’s dream

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A mother's sons

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A returning migrant worker finds that starting a business and creating jobs in Nepal has its rewards

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A woman’s drive to push boundaries

Diaspora Diaries 59

Adventures of a Nepali coffee aficionado

Diaspora Diaries 27

Alev Kabab

Proud to give back to Nepal

Amik and Tilak

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As a truck driver in Saudi Arabia, I am always on the move. That’s how it has been since 2011.

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Away from home when Nepal shook

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Baking as a metaphor for life

Diaspora Diaries 24

Between home and the deep blue sea

Diaspora Diaries 7

Bringing Korea’s prosperity to Nepal

Diaspora Diaries 60

Bringing Nepal to Israel

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Caring for her own and others

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Close encounter with death

Diaspora Diaries 12

Cut from a different cloth

Cut from a Different Cloth

Enslaved Nepali migrant worker rebuilds her life

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Every day is closer to pay day

Diaspora Diaries 66

Fate joins, then separates, siblings

Diaspora Diaries 6

Father’s migration, son’s education

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Finding a niche in Nepal

Diaspora Diaries 32

For better or verse in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

Diaspora Diaries 21

From Burger King to Burger Shack

Money is not everything, but you need money for everything

From Retail to Selling Chiya

From Retail to Selling Chiya

From Saudi to Sauji

From Saudi to Sauji

From Saudi to Sauji

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From retail to selling chiya

Diaspora Diaries 41

From ‘American-O’ to Jumli

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Good housekeeping

Diaspora Diaries 15

Homecoming after nine years

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I am not sure where to start telling you the story of the journey of my life.

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India Bound

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Migrant worker returns to create work at home

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Migrant worker teaches others the ropes

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Migrating with the music of Nepal

Diaspora Diaries 54

Mountain to desert to ocean

Diaspora Diaries 33

My father’s son

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Nepal on my mind

Diaspora Diaries 46

Nepali bonds with racing camel in Qatar

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Nepali family spread across Kuwait, Cyprus, UAE

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Nepali migrant workers rebuild lives

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Nepali nurses caring for the world

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Nepali nurses gone and going to the UK

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Nepali on the move

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Nepalis picking berries in Scotland

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No work is big or small, work is work

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Our migrant sons

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Our notes count, but our votes don’t

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Overseas job-seeker now creates jobs in Nepal

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Painting a bright future

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Paying it forward

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Power of workers working together

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Prisoners of the Green Passport

Prisoners of the Green Passport

Prisoners of the Green Passport

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Proud to give back to Nepal

Diaspora Diaries 17

Quake survivors migrate for work

Diaspora Diaries 52

Return of the native

Return of the native

Return of the native

Diaspora Diaries 36

Returnees prosper together

Diaspora Diaries 64

Saving to save my sister

Diaspora Diaries 16

Sky is the limit for Nepali chef in Bahrain

Diaspora Diaries 47

Song of work and freedom

Diaspora Diaries 68

Speaking the language of overseas work

Diaspora Diaries 18

Tale of a modern day lahure

Diaspora Diaries 34

The Qatar job mirage

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The flower guy

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The high life

Diaspora Diaries 11

The meat of the story

Diaspora Diaries 61

The power of one

Diaspora Diaries 71

The return of a master baker

Diaspora Diaries 28

The tale of four Nepalis in Mumbai

Diaspora Diaries 56

The world of a working artist

Diaspora Diaries 65

The worldliness of an overtime worker

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Things eventually work out

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Turning the desert green

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When disaster strikes home

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Wounded in the line of duty

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waiting for bipin joshi

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“I felt like I was born to be a nurse”

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“I have lived a simple, boring life”

Diaspora Diaries 51

“I went to earn and learn”

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