Souls of My City: Bigger dreams

Ekraj Bhattarai from Ramechhap runs a food-joint in Jaybageshwari.  The 21-year-old is a Malaysia returnee. His family's fragile economic condition persuaded Bhattarai to migrate to Malaysia to gather revenue to establish his own business. Bhattarai explained, “We are a family of nine brothers and two sisters. I came to Kathmandu after SLC (Grade 10); I was only 18 then. I made my living by working in a printing press.”  Now that Bhattarai has fulfilled his dream of owning an enterprise, he now wishes to buy a piece of land with savings from the food-joint.