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Nepal: Where have all the Sherpas gone?

Categories: South Asia, Nepal, Arts & Culture, Economics & Business, Migration & Immigration

Deepak's Diary [1] on sherpas. “Nepal has always been exoticized as a country of brave Gurkha soldiers and adventurous Sherpa mountaineers. Both of these myths are under deconstruction now. Tenzing Norgay, the famous Nepali son was later snatched away by India and now another relentless mountaineer Appa Sherpa is in the process of becoming American citizen.