Nepal, May 30 -- Hard Steps is a trilingual book that shows the figurative and literal hardships faced by Nepali migrant workers in Portugal.

This picture book of Portuguese photographer Nelson Miranda's work features text in Portuguese, Nepali and English, illustrating everyday scenes from the land the workers left, and the country where they now toil.

The hard steps are cemented street side portals of homes in Kathmandu that have narrow ramps for motorcycles - something we see here everyday but do not even notice. And then there are scenes of greenhouses and factories where Nepalis work hard to support families back home.

"After a few weeks in Nepal, I began to look differently at the steps leading to many of the houses," says Mirand...