India, Sept. 12 -- On Thursday, as the Kathmandu international airport resumed flights, it brought a sea of people from across the country wanting to be the first to take off. Migrant workers, who lived on the streets for almost two days waiting for the flights to resume, tourists stuck in their hotel rooms watching the beautiful valley descend into chaos, many wondering if they will be able to retain their jobs abroad before violence ends, and some just wanting to return home.

At 7 pm on Thursday, as the Nepalese army came out on the roads to enforce curfew measures in the national Capital, the streets turned empty - shops that opened for two hours in the evening to sell essential items were hurriedly shut, the people in the serpentine ...