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Photo: Screengrab from Babu Many families in rural Nepal live ordinary lives with ordinary dreams. Most of them want a roof over their heads and two meals a day they can eat with their family. Besides this, they do not expect lofty things from life. Although they have ordinary dreams, they go through a lot of struggle to make those dreams come true. Most have to leave their villages and live away from their families to fulfil these dreams. Many even leave Nepal altogether for better earning opportunities and a better life for themselves and their families. As a growing number of young individuals depart the country, rural villages are experiencing a significant exodus, leaving only the elderly behind. In the initial five months of the current fiscal year, almost 300,000 people have migrated for foreign employment . People leaving Nepal on the eve of or during the festive season shows how desperate people are in today’s time. The short movie Babu, directed by Eelum Mani Dixit,...