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Shesh Ghale moved from Lamjung and government engineering into Australian higher education, business, diaspora leadership and philanthropy, building institutions alongside Jamuna Gurung.
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.
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.