KHOTANG, May 21 -- It has been 26 years since Dilsara Rai of Ainselukharka Rural Municipality-3 has been waiting for her husband to re-return home from Malaysia. Her husband Narbhakta went to the foreign land when their younger son Bishal was only three years old. Bishal is now 29 but he has not seen his father even once all these years.

Narbhakta was in contact with his family for two years after going to Malaysia. But suddenly he went out of contact and no one has any idea about his whereabouts since then. "We had enough ancestral property but still he insisted going abroad to make his own money," said Dilsara, adding, "We were in touch for about two years but he went out of contact after that."

Even after so many years, Dilsara and h...