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Three Odias, Rashmi Ranjan Parida from Bhubaneswar, Debraj Mohanty, and Soumya Ranjan Sahoo, are stranded in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu as widespread Gen Z-led protests have disrupted normal life. The trio had arrived to attend a literary festival scheduled for September 13 and 14, but escalating unrest and the closure of Tribhuvan International Airport have left them confined to their hotel.

In an exclusive interview with OTV, Parida termed the streets of Kathmandu as chaotic, with mobs attacking the residences of politicians and industrialists. He narrated that several homes were torched and hurled with stones on Tuesday, w...