In mud and bamboo hut in Nepal’s southern plains, Ram Priya Ray, 63, shed tears. He was looking at the funeral photo of his son. He had been awake all night.
Ram Priya said he had been this way for more than a year now, haunted by memories and unable to sleep. “He was the only thread of hope,” he said. “How can we run our family now? We are ruined.”
Sanjib Ray had been a manual labourer on construction sites in Qatar. He had cleaned up the debris from newly built highways and filled construction equipment with fuels, lubricants, and chemicals. He had earned 1000 Qatari rials a month, around $275, and often worked overtime for a few rials more. He died at 28.
