Sanjiv Bhattarai

Thapa understood that while Nepal produced “excellent individuals,” it often failed as a “collective society.”

Nepal’s post-Gen Z uprising marks a historic break from past political shifts, creating a rare opportunity to finally align democratic aspirations with institutional reform and a pro-investment economic transformation.

Nepal’s political leadership and bureaucracy function as an intertwined “permanent government,” and that governance fails when the two are not aligned. It calls for a new model of dignified, digital, and doorstep-oriented public service delivery—driven by accountable top-tier...