New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The Gen Z protests of 2025 didn't happen all at once. They were the result of a decade of growing frustration: high youth unemployment, deepening corruption, and a political cycle with the same old faces. People all over the world are against incumbents, and this feeling was also felt in Nepal as young people turned away from a system that didn't give them any chances or trust. The government decided to ban social media, which was the main place where young people could speak out and be held accountable. This was the immediate cause. A feeling of dissatisfaction that had been building turned into a movement that spread across the whole country.

The deaths of 72 people, who were later called martyrs, showed how much...