In September 2025, Nepal’s rulers made the oldest mistake in politics: they mistook silence for control. Overnight, the government cut off Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X, declaring it an act of “national security.” They assumed the youth would sulk, adapt, and eventually fold into obedience. Instead, they lit a fuse. For Gen Z, whose lives pulse through digital networks, this was not just a ban. It was theft. It was an erasure of community, of identity, of the very langua

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