India, March 4 -- Very few in Nepal initially believed an election on 5 March after the Gen Z protests was feasible: that it would even happen, given the chaotic and traumatic two-day protests last year which culminated in 77 protestors becoming martyrs and arson and mayhem leading to jailbreak, loss of weapons by police and damage to public property estimated at around USD5bn. A country with a GDP of USD 45bn, FE reserves of USD 10 bn and one third of its population of 30mn abroad, could ill afford such enormous loss. Until just two weeks before elections, doubters said Parliament will be restored; election postponed; GenZ revolt will repeat even as PM Sushila Karki cautioned against not factoring GenZ concerns during the elections. On 7...