Nischal Dhakal
By Nischal Dhakal, London, UK
Nepal’s Generation Z is loud, impatient, digitally native, and politically unfiltered. In 2024-2025, youth led protests across Kathmandu and other urban centres emerged not from a single ideological doctrine, but from accumulated frustration, unemployment, corruption fatigue, outdated political leadership, economic stagnation, and a deep desire for dignity, fairness, and opportunity. The movement mirrors global Gen Z activism seen from Bangladesh to Chile, Nigeria to the UK: decentralised, social media amplified, emotionally charged, and leaderless by design.
As a 30-year-old Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) based in London, working as a project manager and Founder of Daxicon Ltd, I observe these protests not as a political outsider, but as someone emotionally invested in Nepal’s progress, professionally committed to creating global pathways for Nepali’s, and financially tied to the country’s potential despite having no government support, sponsorship, or institutional safety net.
Like their global counterparts, Nepali youth reject:
Their demand is simple: a nation that works for its people, not one that merely survives them.
This is the same ethos driving NRNs like me.
While protests erupt, something equally powerful but less televised continues: Nepalis in the diaspora investing in Nepal’s future with no government backing.
We build:
My work is not theoretical. It is operational.
At Daxicon Ltd, a media consultancy company, we:
And crucially, we work directly with Nepali’s in Nepal - musicians, businesses, creators, hospitality operators, communities to open international doors without any government programme enabling us to do so.
This is the untold story: we do the work anyway.
What if Nepal did not treat the diaspora as an emotional appendix, but as a distributed economic nervous system?
Consider what Nepali’s already do without the state:
Now imagine if that same collective energy was national infrastructure:
If 6 million NRNs each contributed strategically, not symbolically, Nepal could:
Not charity. Not grants. Equity.
If India can enable financial corridors like the ICICI/ICICI - India remittance method, Nepal should:
Nepal must evolve from: “Trade with 1-2 nearby countries because logistics is easier”
To: “Trade with the world because Nepali talent and capital already lives there.”
Gen Z protests are not the problem, they are the notification.
The error is not youth anger, but leadership silence.
The opportunity is not government reform alone, but national reinvention through global Nepali unity.
NRNs are not waiting for permission. We are already wiring Nepal into global ecosystems through business, culture, media, music, investment, and opportunity.
But imagine how much faster we could build if the nation finally built with us, not just about us.
The revolution Nepal needs is not just in the streets of Kathmandu, it is in the collective wallets, networks, and ambitions of Nepalis around the world.
And the most powerful protest outcome would be this:
A nation that lets its citizens co-own the future they are already paying to build.
I leave you with this – ‘’I grew up between 1995-till now - our nation and people have gone through a lot since then but there was a time where Nepali children around the world looked forward to the weekend to meet their Nepali friends in Nepali dance classes, reading classes and cultural events - this was because our parents were as excited to attend and nurture us - but now we see less of this - does this mean you as our elders have lost the fire you once had or are you just tired of hoping?
Either way we feel the same, so let’s listen and change things before the world leaves us behind and we are only known for the world’s tallest mountain, not the glorious nation full off intellects that we are.”
