Exodus of Nepal’s youth

Ironically, people leave Nepal to work in countries that have turned deserts into agricultural lands.

The movement of humans seeking greener pastures is not a new phenomenon. Since time immemorial, people have trudged across mountains and valleys, searching for better opportunities. While many go on to achieve economic success, countless numbers perish too. While migration is usually seen as the movement of unskilled people, it wouldn’t be appropriate to view it solely from a single-sided perspective. Nepal has been suffering exodus on multiple fronts . On the one hand, we have those leaving the country for the Gulf states essentially to fill shortages in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs. The other migration is of highly skilled professionals and of those who have often failed to be classed under any category—the students.