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What happened during the Two-Day Riot of 2025 is this: on the first day, people were protesting peacefully. The narrative put forward by the now-overthrown government claims that various factions infiltrated the crowd and aggravated it. I would be lying if I said the nature of any crowd is predictable. The sudden shift towards violence by the fascist ruler on the first day shocked everyone. That night—which I too spent awake, like many others around the nation, was steeped in silence—foretold what was the revolution to come the following day. The reason it took so little to bring down the entire system was that the security apparatus was unprepared for the reaction. What unfolded was not random chaos, but the accumulated anger and frustration of the Nepali people, directed at two decades of political failure and betrayal by the elite ruling class. The tragic bloodshed and destruction that followed marked a historical tipping point—one after which this nation, once again, has a chance ...

The Cost of September 8 and 9, 2025  The governmental infrastructure of our country—both politically and literally—took a heavy blow yesterday. Much speculation and conspiracy surround the events, but my take is simpler: what unfolded could have been prevented on the very first day of the protest. The violent response on Day 1 by the security forces, ordered by the now-defunct political leadership, led to the tragic and untimely deaths of many young children. This set off a chain reaction that no one could have fully predicted. Typically, in moments of mass protest, restraint is exercised to prevent escalation. Yet September 8 was different. It shocked people to their core, and what followed on September 9 was not spontaneous chaos but a reaction to that initial violence. Young teens were meant to lead the second day’s protest, and they did their best. But the agenda was no longer theirs alone. Others, equally angry, joined in, and the result was the devastation of national propert...