Stories about the people and experiences connecting Nepal with India. Discover community events, local Nepali cinema and a taste of home.
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Preeti Rai began playing with boys, scored on her Nepal debut at sixteen and grew into one of the country’s most gifted midfielders, with club careers across India, Jordan and…
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Udit Narayan’s journey ran from Maithili folk music and Radio Nepal to a decade of struggle in Mumbai and a place among Hindi cinema’s defining playback voices.
Bipul Chettri built a global Nepali-language audience from Kalimpong through songs rooted in Himalayan folk memory, guitar, weather, roads and the feeling of home.
Manisha Koirala moved from 1990s South Asian stardom through cancer treatment and recovery into a second screen life built around age, selectivity and powerful character roles such as Heeramandi.
Prabal Gurung built a global fashion career across Kathmandu, New Delhi and New York, using luxury design to question beauty, citizenship, queerness and belonging while sustaining long-term work in Nepal.
Santosh Shah rose from a village kitchen in Siraha and hotel work in India to London fine dining, MasterChef recognition and a career devoted to making Nepal’s regional cuisines visible on their…
Sabitra Bhandari rose from barefoot football in Lamjung to become Nepal’s record goalscorer and a professional in India, Israel, France and the A-League Women, widening the pathway for the players behind her.
Rabindra Dhant rose from migrant work and karate training in India to an MFN title and the Road to UFC Season 5 bantamweight final, one fight from the tournament’s UFC contract.
Shared stories about life abroad, family and returning home.
Overseas income supports Nepal's households and foreign reserves. Its success also asks an uncomfortable question about the economy at home.
Nepali households increasingly have to coordinate care, marriage, money and belonging across different places and time zones.
A red tika, a phone screen and an altered sense of time: what happens to Nepal's biggest family festival when the family is spread across countries.
For Nepalis abroad, a holiday home can become a negotiation between the country remembered and the country that exists.
A family's earnings may cross borders in seconds. Parenting cannot always travel so easily.
A practical admin checklist for Nepalis abroad: fix your SIM ownership, NID, Nagarik App, bank KYC, DEMAT, roaming, PAN and account recovery before leaving Nepal again.