From Smartphone to Streets, Will Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution Deliver Change?

From Smartphone to Streets, Will Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution Deliver Change?

The fundamental question remains whether this revolution will produce genuine systemic change or fade into another cycle of instability.

Nepal’s Gen Z are out on the streets, again. This time as volunteers, picking up the pieces

The newly formed organisation, Sangam, meaning ‘confluence’, symbolises coming together of the East and West through five determined teenagers in aftermath of Gen Z uprising in Nepal.

Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising and the Unraveling of South Asia’s Old Order

What began as a youth-led outcry against corruption and a ban on social media morphed into Nepal’s most violent political upheaval in decades, leaving the pillars of its republic in ruins. The uprising, part of a wider South Asian wave, has unsettled not just Kathmandu’s old guard but also India, China and the US, each wary of losing influence in a region on the boil.

The View From India newsletter: Nepal, uprising and uncertainty

The View From India newsletter: Nepal, uprising and uncertainty

How Gen Z overthrew the government in Nepal

Nepal (Brussels Morning) – 72 lives were lost and over one thousand people were injured during the recent anti-corruption protests in Nepal. In the aftermath, the prime minister was forced to resign, allowing for the election of Nepal’s first female … Read more Continue reading How Gen Z overthrew the government in Nepal at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.