India, March 15 -- Nepal's latest elections on March 5, following last year's Gen Z Andolan, were revolutionary, resulting in seismic political change - a greenhorn party sweeping aside the traditional old guard. "OMG" prefaced the announcement of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lead by TV anchors during vote counting the next day. Nepal has seen several upheavals, the latest led by the RSP, which is determined to transform the country by eliminating corruption and catalysing development.

The turning point came when former rapper and 35-year-old former Mayor of Kathmandu, Balen Shah, a Madhesi by birth and Pahari by culture, joined the charismatic former TV host and president of the RSP, Rabi Lamichhane. There is a third, lesser-know...