The pitfalls of Nepali parents’ obsession with the ‘doctor-engineer dream’

Many Nepali parents want their children to become a doctor or an engineer. It’s taking a toll on their children’s mental health.

Eighteen-year-old Samantha Yadav from Kathmandu felt dejected when she flunked her engineering entrance exam. “I knew I couldn’t get a high enough ranking for a scholarship, but I was confident I would pass,” Yadav says. “I don’t understand what went wrong. I worked hard… This was my parents’ dream.”