SURKHET, Dec. 5 -- Padma Khatri, 44, has not eaten properly since the last few days. Neither are her eyes dry. Her tiny house situated near the Bheri River at Lekbeshi Municipality - 3 of eastern Nepal looks forlorn as Padma vents her agony.

"She has not called me. I am worried," she said, referring to her daughter Tulasa.

Tulasa KC, who has not called home for the last week, was supposed to participate in the ongoing South Asian Games. She is an athlete. Padma has come to know through news channels that her daughter has quit the games for a job in Qatar. People have been saying she let the country down. This has further saddened the mother.

Padma is a heart patient. Her husband Bir Bahadur is working in Malaysia since the last 14 year...