Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- Among the songs GenZ protesters were chanting at the Mandala on 8 September was Amrit Gurung's folk-rock rendition of the Panchayat-era patriotic song,

But amidst waving double pennants that day in Kathmandu were strands of Gopal Yonjan singing and The irony of it all is that the message of Nepali nationalism the musician was trying to convey 50 years ago with his lyrics now has a new resolute relevance:

I am a son of Nepal who will never kowtow to anyone.

You can behead me, but I will never bend the knee.

I can withstand fire, but will not stand injustice.

If the nation demands blood, I will sacrifice myself.

My mother will not weep, for she is the daughter of a Nepali.

This was pure patriotic poetry tha...