Kathmandu, Sept. 24 -- In 2003, the death by police firing of a student protesting a rise in fuel prices pushed Nepal's student activists to join the (Movement Against Regression), which political parties had begun after king Gyanendra's sacking an elected government a year before.

The students' participation elevated the movement and prompted more Nepalis to join in, leading to the People's Movement that first sidelined the monarchy and then abolished it in 2008.

That took five years to happen. But 12 years later, this month, a youth-led protest forced the prime minister to resign within 30 hours.

Police massacred GenZ activists, many of them students, outside Parliament on 8 September. This intensified public anger, leading to targ...