Adopted Nepali nationals: Searching for a homeland away from home

Adoptees return to find a society that no longer recognises them, legally or socially

Originally published on Global Voices

Ashmita in Lalitpur, where she started to search for information. Image by L.C. via Nepali Times. Used with permission.

This article by Hari Prasad Sacré and Chandra Kala Clemente-Martinez was originally published in Nepali Times, and a shortened and edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.

Between the 1980s and 2000s...