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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Unease at slow pace of change in Nepal one month on from gen Z protests

A boy stands in front of the mural showing a bloodied white trainer against a dark red background
A mural of Prakash Bohora’s bloodied trainer, an image that went viral as an evocative symbol of the deadliest day of protest in Nepal’s history. Photograph: Zuma Press/Alamy

Prakash Bohora was one of the first of Nepal’s gen Z protesters to feel the sting of a police bullet. Like thousands of other young people, he had taken to the streets of the capital last month to protest against corruption and a draconian ban on social media.

He had no idea that day in Kathmandu would escalate into what is now described as Nepal’s gen Z revolution, which saw the toppling of the government within a day, the dissolution of parliament and appointment of a new interim prime minister, the anti-corruption hardliner Sushila Karki, by the end of the week.

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