Nepal, Feb. 24 -- Many disenfranchised Nepali workers overseas have returned home to make their voices heard This is the 86th episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with Migration Lab providing a platform to share experiences of living, working and studying abroad.

Thinking about the country Pappu Mahara, Malaysia

Homecoming at election time NT I came to Nepal on vacation and managed to time it around election. In Malaysia where I have been working for over two years, it is all about elections. In our rooms. Online. In fact, the discussions around elections felt more heated in Malaysia than back home in the village here in Mahottari.

Even when you find out someone is going to Nepal, Nepalis who are unable ...