Nepal, May 7 -- Donald Trump was able to ride on anti-establishment frustration to become the President of the United States twice. Imran Khan turned the heroics of cricket into political dominance in Pakistan. Similar is the story of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine, whose leap from television screen to the presidency is unreal. Their ascendance to power was not primarily fuelled by ideology or the backing of a political organisation. A commonality among these figures is their mastery of visibility and their ability to shape narratives. These cases are not just connected by personality, but by the changing structure of information flow.

Sudan Gurung rose to the apex of Nepali politics incredibly quickly. He became the Home Minister of Nep...