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#23 What does it mean to come home—and who teaches us how? In 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆, Amrit Bishwakarma offers a deeply personal meditation that moves across Nepal, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. At its heart lies a simple phrase, spoken by a parent and carried by a child into adulthood—transformed over time into something far deeper than instruction. He invites us to reflect on how love is expressed across distance and generations. Not always through grand gestures, but through quiet, repeated words that travel with us, gathering meaning over time. It is a story about how time is marked not by numbers on a clock or minutes spent together but rather, about moments spent with loved ones. Amrit reflects on what it truly means to return—to memory, to belonging, and to one another. Across South Asian diasporic communities, stories like this are both deeply personal and profoundly shared. They speak to lives lived across borders—where duty, opportunity, and sacrifice often reshape the meaning of home. For many, home is not a single place, but a constellation of memories: a childhood landscape left behind, a city of work and adaptation, and another country where care, loss, or reunion unfolds. In these layered geographies, love is often carried through words—repeated across distances, across time zones, across generations—until they become anchors of identity. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 H𝗼𝗺𝗲 E𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 is one such inheritance. It holds within it the quiet anxieties of migration, the protective instinct shaped by unfamiliar worlds, and the enduring desire to keep those we love safe—even from afar. As newer generations navigate their own paths—often at once rooted and dispersed—such stories help recover and reassemble fragments of history, community, and memory. They remind us that belonging is not always something we arrive at; it is something we carry, reinterpret, and return to. In listening to these voices, we honour not only where we come from, but how we continue to find our way back to one another. Satya Gahatraj Divya Gurung RABIN SARKI Jeffrey Andrews Chandni Puri Sumichhya Gurung Anju Ghising Amrita Hardikar Phyllis Cheung ANANYA-SINGH . Haleema sadia Siraj Miao Linda Li Aneesa Bibi Puja Kapai Payal Biswas Zamira Monteiro Manisha Gurung Shreya R. Shreya Limbu Bunoo Limbu Ocean Limbu Debin Limbu Punam Limbu Tshomo Sherpa Karishma Rai Susma Rai Arlin Rai Yusuf Mohideen Aesha Ijaz Miron Bhowmik Guramrita Kaur Suhani Gurung Saiksha G.