Nepal, Sept. 24 -- The Nepali Generation Z is living in two Nepals at once. On one side, there is the Nepal of our preceding generations: Newspapers/radios in the morning, Facebook scrolls in the afternoon and broadcast news in the evening. On the other side, there is our Nepal: Doomscrolling through Instagram and Facebook for reels, TikTok clips, Twitter and Reddit threads, where our peers argue, laugh, criticise and dream about change.

Both worlds are loud and passionate, but they rarely speak to each other. This gap might look harmless, yet it is one of the greatest risks facing our democracy today.

Two generations, two worlds

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