HEADLINE: Nepal's "Gen Z Revolution" Against Corruption and Inequality, Amidst Geopolitical Influence GUEST NAME: Kelly Currie SUMMARY: Nepal faces its biggest governance challenge in decades as disillusioned youth, frustrated by corrupt elites and deep
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
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HEADLINE: Nepal's "Gen Z Revolution" Against Corruption and Inequality, Amidst Geopolitical Influence
GUEST NAME: Kelly Currie
SUMMARY: Nepal faces its biggest governance challenge in decades as disillusioned youth, frustrated by corrupt elites and deep inequality, ignite a "Gen Z revolution" marked by widespread protests, while China and India vie for influence in the poor, landlocked nation. Nepal is grappling with widespread "Gen Z" youth-led protests, marked by violence and targeting government institutions, driven by anger over corrupt elites and severe inequality. An interim government is forming to stabilize the country and organize elections. Meanwhile, Nepal, Asia's second poorest nation, is a growing battleground for influence between China and India.
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| 0:28.6 | Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:31.6 | Gordon Chang, my colleague and co-host, Nepal. |
| 0:35.6 | We welcome Kelly Curry, Senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, |
| 0:38.4 | former deputy U.S. ambassador of the United Nations. |
| 0:41.5 | Kelly, the headlines are alarming in the BBC. |
| 0:45.5 | The quote is from a young woman who was one of the leaders of the protests. |
| 0:50.7 | Politicians get rich while we suffer, |
| 0:52.8 | so I help bring down our government in 48 hours. |
| 0:56.6 | There's a photograph of a young woman, and then I learned below in the paragraph, |
| 1:01.2 | 72 people killed. |
| 1:03.0 | The protests were the deadliest unrest in the Himalayan country in decades, |
| 1:07.3 | official buildings, residents of political leaders, luxury hotels, such as a Hilton, were torched, vandalized, looted. |
| 1:15.3 | The wife of a former prime minister is fighting for her life after the home was set ablaze. |
| 1:20.7 | Most particularly, I call this same story up on the FT, the salmon covered colored paper out of London that is financial news. |
| 1:30.8 | And I see a photograph of what appeared to be the administrative building for the government |
| 1:36.9 | in Kathmandu, on fire, as if it was a Hollywood effect. |
| 1:42.5 | What is the scale here? |
| 1:44.5 | Has it made the whole country anarchy or is this just in Kathmandu? |
| 1:49.2 | Good evening to you, Kelly. |
| 1:51.0 | Good evening, John and Gordon. |
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