Kathmandu, Sept. 13 -- As hundreds of thousands of Nepali youngsters leave the country in search of greener pastures, a trickle have started to return with the intention of contributing what they can for the country. Karma Tamang, 43, is one of them, recently moving base from Germany to Nepal after two decades in Europe.

Tamang is soft spoken, articulate and highly educated, not traits one normally associates with Nepal's politicians. But that is what she wants to be: her passion for politics has led her home, leaving behind a husband and two teenage children.

Tamang's father was a driver in Kavre, before the family shifted to Kathmandu for his four children. After completing high school from St Xavier's College, a German friend helped ...