Growing up, I always asked myself where do I really belong. I am one of those nepali kids who were born and raised outside of Nepal. I grew up in Singapore. I had a decent childhood but I always felt like a foreigner growing up even though I was born in Singapore.

I always felt like there was a barrier between my chinese classmates and I. Maybe it was because I couldnt speak their language or I was just feeling inferior. I dont know.

And when I go to Nepal, I do not fit in either. I feel like I am trying to adapt to a whole new culture. In Nepal, people talk a lot about the caste system. Growing up outside Nepal, I am more tolerant of different ethnic groups. There are so many major differences between the life that I lead now and the life in Nepal.

I came to the US at the age of 16 and in the future I hope to go back to Nepal to do social work/to help out but I am afraid that I wont be able to adapt to the life over there or that people in Nepal will not accept me for who I am.

I believe that no matter where I am, I am a Nepali first and then comes other stuffs. I hope we, the younger nepali generation, can work together as one and lead Nepal to a better future.

P.S. I dont feel like I belong in the US either so where do i belong....