Honoring the Sacrifice of Gen-Z

Nepal observed a day of National Mourning on Wednesday, remembering the brave young lives lost during the recent Gen-Z protests. Each name on the growing list of the fallen stands as a painful testament to the arrogance and cruelty of the previous government. The blood of the youth who rose to challenge corruption and demand accountability cannot be ignored or forgotten. Their voices were silenced not by dialogue, but by bullets—by the negligence and excessive force unleashed under then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. The tragedy is staggering: 18 lives were lost in Kathmandu, 2 in Sunsari, and 1 in Parsa on September 8 and 52 more perished, including 10 inmates and 15 burned alive in commercial and private houses on the following days. The protest did not spare law enforcers either—two police personnel in Maharajgunj and one in Koteshwor lost their lives. By Wednesday, the total death toll had reached 74, while hundreds more are receiving medical treatment in various medical facilities.