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Item Role of remittance in poverty alleviation of Nepal(Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, 2022) Shah, DiptiThe research accesses the crucial role remittances play in Nepal’s poverty reduction and promoting economic growth often impacting families and economies much more rapidly than government or foreign aid does. The research uses data from secondary sources to examine the role remittances have played as an integral part in poverty reduction and refining the living standard of Nepali people, especially in rural areas. Remittance is a helping hand for many struggling families and communities in Nepal. Remittance help people access food, health care services, and quality education. If compared to other foreign aids, the household-to-household nature of remittances makes it an important and direct means of achieving accelerated poverty reduction in Nepal. The thesis examines the remittance status of Nepalwith a focus on poverty alleviation and economic growth. The research reviews various studies on the uses of remittances by Nepali households and their prospective poverty alleviation impacts. Further, the study explores and shows how remittance flows have remained decisive in Nepalese households through times of economic difficulties. The researchexamines the impact of existing policies, institutional features, and the legal framework adopted by the government on the productive uses of Remittance and stresses the government of Nepal needs to consider how to best manage remittance flows and how the body of research on remittances can be strengthened both to understand the impact of remittances in poverty alleviation and for formulating more effective policy for managing remittances. This study looks at these questions and explores ways to improve awareness of the impact of remittances on poverty alleviation. Keywords: Remittance, poverty, economy, migrants, alleviationItem Transnational Formation: Between Home and Location in Azadeh Moaveni's Lipstick Jihad(Department of English, 2018) Kafle, SarojThis research paper interprets AzadehMoaveni's memoir Lipstick Jihad as transnational studies of understanding. While reading this book from transnational perspectives, Moaveni represents herself as a transnational character along with her profession that associateherself near with global connection and intimate with technological aspects. Being the central character of the text,she experiences the modern life in relation to the use of different elements and connects with agents that foster transnational understanding. The settlement of diasporic community in America does not stand and bound with diaspora in itself regarding today's world, rather it is now advanced with transnational entity. The characters other than Moaveni are too infatuated with modern equipment and gadgets. Although the intention of the author is to present the text as a memoir, the textual expression convey different message relating to agents of modern (transnational) life. Linear religious pattern to secularism, use of latest gadgets and cyberspaces, modes of travelling to different national territories and use of media in adequate proportion are some of the evidences that support the text with transnational agendas to research and analyze. The connection between different national entities to form a global mutuality relates with the sense of transnational understanding. Hence, the attempt of different people to be aware about the contemporary issues and establish the reciprocal relations with the people around the world denotes the transnational human life in modern world.