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Souls of My City: Travelling for good

Amar Nachsahani, 35, repairs generators and water pumps. He is from Patna, Bihar. He arrived in Kathmandu three years ago. He traveled with his Nepali friends and ended up working here. “I have been traveling to different places of India and Nepal.  But this is the first time that I have stayed back in the same place for three years,” said Nachsahani. Nachsahani learned the repairing skills in Patna with the help of his friends. He started working at the age of 15.
Photo: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili/Republica
By Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Amar Nachsahani, 35, repairs generators and water pumps. He is from Patna, Bihar. He arrived in Kathmandu three years ago. He traveled with his Nepali friends and ended up working here. “I have been traveling to different places of India and Nepal.  But this is the first time that I have stayed back in the same place for three years,” said Nachsahani. Nachsahani learned the repairing skills in Patna with the help of his friends. He started working at the age of 15. Eager about traveling to places, he left school while he was a sixth-grade student. He is the father of a girl. His family is in Patna while he is currently working in his friend’s machine repairing shop. “ I am planning to open a shop in Bihar,” said Amar.


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