New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- India's neighbourhood is burning-again!

Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024, and Nepal this week-each has seen public fury boil over into the streets, culminating in the ignominious exit of leaders once thought invincible.

In all three countries, it was the youth-mostly students-who rallied ordinary citizens, weary of corrupt and inept politicians indifferent to their hardships, to demand a better standard of living.

In many ways, these upheavals resemble a Gen Z version of the Arab Spring-a digitally native generation channelling frustration through online platforms such as TikTok and AI tools while pressing for accountability and change.

Over two decades ago in West Asia, it was Millennials-particularly thos...