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

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A father's sacrifice for his son’s dream

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A mother's sons

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Adventures of a Nepali coffee aficionado

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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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Baking as a metaphor for life

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Between home and the deep blue sea

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Bringing Nepal to Israel

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Caring for her own and others

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Close encounter with death

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Cut from a different cloth

Cut from a Different Cloth

Fate joins, then separates, siblings

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Finding a niche in Nepal

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For better or verse in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

For better or verse in the Gulf

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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

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Good housekeeping

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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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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

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Mountain to desert to ocean

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Nepal on my mind

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Nepali bonds with racing camel in Qatar

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Nepali family spread across Kuwait, Cyprus, UAE

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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 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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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

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Quake survivors migrate for work

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Return of the native

Return of the native

Return of the native

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Saving to save my sister

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Sky is the limit for Nepali chef in Bahrain

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Speaking the language of overseas work

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Tale of a modern day lahure

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The Qatar job mirage

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The high life

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The return of a master baker

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The tale of four Nepalis in Mumbai

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The worldliness of an overtime worker

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Turning the desert green

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Wounded in the line of duty

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waiting for bipin joshi

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“I have lived a simple, boring life”

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“I went to earn and learn”

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