India, Sept. 20 -- A recent student protest in Nepal turned violent, and the Gen Z members set fire to historical buildings like the Singha Durbar Palace, which was built more than a century ago, and is the administrative hub of the Government. They chucked out former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, and his cabinet members. Their ire: 73 protesters had earlier died in a police firing. The subsequent regime-change was both heartwarming and heart-wrenching.

Nepal got its first woman prime minister, Sushila Karki. But scores of young people lost their lives in the bargain. In the recent past, across South and Southeast Asia, in India's neighbouring nations such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives and Bangladesh, as well as in maritime neighbours...