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Why this Nepali-speaking doctor chose regional Australia 17 years ago
Dr Bhuwan Kandel is a paediatrician based in Traralgon, Gippsland, Victoria. Credit: YouTube/Screenshot/Nandita Chakraborty
When Bhuwan Kandel moved from Nepal to Gippsland in 2007 to pursue higher education, there were very few Nepali-speaking people in the region. Now a practising paediatrician, Dr Kandel says the regional city has become home, as the Nepali community there also continues to grow. Stories of migrants from various backgrounds building new lives in regional Victoria, including that of Dr Kandel, are featured in a new documentary titled Shared Table: Regional Heroes. During the film's premiere in Melbourne, SBS Nepali spoke with director and co-producer Nandita Chakraborty, producer Niru Tripathi and Dr Kandel about the movie and what it means to make Australia “home”.
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