Nepal, May 23 -- Over the past few years, Nepali politics has been swept by a digital 'youth wave' as a reaction to established parties' inertia, the crushing despair of unemployment, and a fierce desire for change. Any change.

Meanwhile, in the past week India has been swept by a digital tsunami of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), triggered by a fusion of similar youth anger and algorithms, signalling a fundamental shift in mainstream politics.

On 15 May, India's Chief Justice Surya Kant referred to young people as "cockroaches and parasites". The remarks immediately exploded into an online satirical movement. The CPJ's Instagram account amassed 20 million followers - overtaking even the official handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...