Overview

• A Gen Z–driven movement used Discord to coordinate consultations that now inform political bargaining under interim prime minister Sushila Karki.
• Iconic institutions and properties lie gutted, including Singha Durbar, the Supreme Court, much of parliament, district offices, major retailers and hotels, and several ministers’ residences.
• The death toll stands at 74, with victims including a 13-year-old, as Nepal balances mourning with calls for change.
• Fault lines run through the protest coalition, with Gen Z activists, Rabi Lamichhane’s party supporters, backers of Kathmandu mayor Balen Shah, and monarchists clashing over participation and legitimacy.
• Karki faces a hard governance test shaped by anger at corruption, mass migration pressures, and allegations involving powerful figures, even as some economic indicators remain resilient.