Nepal, June 21 -- The massive movement of Nepalis migrants and their efforts to go home propelled by the fear of Covid-19 has opened up a number of questions about home and state. In the media were two kinds of pictures-movements made within the country and efforts made from outside to go home. Thanks to the efforts of the audio-visual media we saw the graphic pictures of their difficult journeys, the chaos and the egregious side of the management. The pictures are getting grimmer and more hopeless as the days go by.

It is not easy to hold anybody particularly responsible during such extraordinary times. But looking at what could have been done and what is not done, we can say the homeward journeys of the Nepalis especially those returni...