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Gen-Z Revolts Show Toppling Leaders Is Just the Start
Next generation.
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South Asia has had three youth-led revolts and three changes of government — and still has three countries with problems that haven’t changed a bit.
In February, Bangladesh’s electorate gave Tarique Rahman, exiled in London for 17 years, a sweeping mandate; and in early March Nepalis voted overwhelmingly for Balen Shah, previously a rapper and mayor of Kathmandu. Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, the former Marxist-Leninist Anura Dissanayake is just 18 months into his tenure and is already facing multiple crises, including a crippling shortage of fuel that has force his government to institute a four-day work week.