I am a Nepalese migrant. I am writing this letter with a sense of unbearable love and pain for my country. Looking at every social media these days, one can only see disappointment on the faces of the youth.

When I hear such pessimistic things and anger towards the leader, only one question comes to my mind - who will understand our compulsion to leave this country?

I live in a foreign country as a slave to others. My sweat is soaking the ground here, but my heart is eager to step on the soil of my native land. How long will I be forced to watch my children only on screens? How long will I have to be haunted by the question 'when will father come home?' Nepali politics has endured generations of incompetent leadership. Why are you silent when our youth is migrating abroad? I work here for 12 hours to make the Japanese happy. Every effort I make is used to strengthen the economy here. But when will there be such a system in my country, which will allow me and thousands of brothers like me to live, earn and die in the arms of children in my own country?

Let me dream of going to school in my country with my children. Give me a country where I can live as a self-respecting citizen of Nepal and not a slave of the Japanese. Youth is the backbone of the country. But you weakened this backbone and forced us to go abroad. You are too busy to sit in the chair and fight, but do you know that the soil of this country is dry?

I want to ask the government in despair, when will I see the day when I will get a job back in my own country? When can I enjoy being at home with my children? When will I and millions of Nepalis like me get to live a respectable and safe life in our own country? This letter is not only mine, it is the voice of pain of millions of foreign Nepalis. Please come up with a policy that understands youth power and their sentiments.

– Santosh Simkhada , Tokyo, Japan