Tanuja Pandey, 26, one of the faces of the Gen Z protests, emphasised that the toppling of the Oli government was not part of any pre-planned conspiracy. “The wealth of those in power and with access had grown enormously; while others continue to suffer,” she said. “Our generation, Gen Z, is bearing the cost of this and that’s what forced us out on to the streets.”

Anger in Nepal, where the median age is just 25, had been building. Endless corruption scandals and ongoing political instability

following in the footsteps of its neighbours Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, where youth-led revolts also toppled entrenched, veteran leaders.

Ukraine but not Belorussia

AnimalmFarm seems the appropriate reference herenor the myriad of other places “revolution” hasn’t worked, eg USA, France etc