By Nischal Dhakal
Through the lens of a 30-year-old NRN investing in Nepal’s global future without state backing

London : Nepal’s Generation Z is loud, impatient, digitally native, and politically unfiltered. In 2024-2025, youth led protests across Kathmandu and other urban centres emerged not from a single ideological doctrine, but from accumulated frustration, unemployment, corruption fatigue, outdated political leadership, economic stagnation, and a deep desire for dignity, fairness, and opportunity. The movement mirrors global Gen Z activism seen from Bangladesh to Chile, Nigeria to the UK: decentralised, social media amplified, emotionally charged, and leaderless by design.
As a 30-year-old Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) based in London, working as a project manager and Founder of Daxicon Ltd, I observe these protests not as a political outsider, but as someone emotionally invested in Nepal’s progress, professionally committed to creating global pathways for Nepali’s, and financially tied to the country’s potential despite having no government support, sponsorship, or institutional safety net.
The Global Mirror: Why Nepal’s Gen Z is protesting
Like their global counterparts, Nepali youth reject:
● Symbolic promises without execution
● Politicians older than the problems they claim to solve
● Systems that reward loyalty over competence
● Borders that restrict aspiration
Their demand is simple: a nation that works for its people, not one that merely survives them.
Prospects: The opportunities hidden inside disruption
1. A politically awakened investor generation

These protests, if channelled constructively, could produce Nepal’s most valuable asset: a generation that demands accountability and builds solutions.

2. Digital mobilisation as economic leverage

Nepali Gen Z does not just consume the internet, they weaponised it. This same force could mobilise global talent networks, trade coalitions, and investment communities.

3. A global Nepali identity that transcends residency

The protest highlights a psychological truth: Nepali youth want global opportunity without losing national belonging.
This is the same ethos driving NRNs like me.
Challenges: The friction points
● No institutional trust → movements risk becoming emotional rather than strategic
● Political co-option → parties attempt to “adopt” youth revolts for optics
● Economic desperation → protest energy competes with survival urgency
● Government distance from diaspora → NRN capital is welcomed rhetorically, ignored structurally
NRN Reality: Building Nepal without Nepal’s system
While protests erupt, something equally powerful but less televised continues: Nepalis in the diaspora investing in Nepal’s future with no government backing.
We build:
● Businesses
● Events
● Media ecosystems
● Talent pipelines
● Hospitality upgrades
● Global partnerships
● Security infrastructures
● Commerce strategies
● Cultural investments

My work is not theoretical. It is operational.
At Daxicon Ltd, a media consultancy company, we:
● Build global brand strategies for top-tier talent and companies
● Produce content for global audiences (TikTok, Reels, YouTube, YT Shorts)
● Create commerce driven campaigns and partnerships with sports stars, agencies, and global talent
● Work with the biggest influencers in the world
● Develop fintech and Web3 applications
● Lead creative direction, production, and revenue growth systems
● Partner with global power infrastructure brands

And crucially, we work directly with Nepali’s in Nepal – musicians, businesses, creators, hospitality operators, communities to open international doors without any government programme enabling us to do so.
This is the untold story: we do the work anyway.
Imagine a borderless Nepali nation truly connected
What if Nepal did not treat the diaspora as an emotional appendix, but as a distributed economic nervous system?
Consider what Nepali’s already do without the state:
● We come together to buy Mandir’s abroad with our own earnings
Not to build political capital, but to preserve spiritual identity.
● We invest our hard earned money into Nepal connected businesses
because we believe in the country even when the country does not structurally believe in us.

Now imagine if that same collective energy was national infrastructure:
1. Diaspora funded Mandir’s, Job & legal centres, research centres in places Nepal has none
If 6 million NRNs each contributed strategically, not symbolically, Nepal could:
● Establish support systems in nations where diplomatic presence is absent
● Strengthen those that lack capacity
● Build consular networks owned in part by the people they serve

2. Co-ownership and business partnership between NRNs and the Nepali government
Not charity. Not grants. Equity.
● Citizens co-own progress
● Government co-owns trust
● Nation co-owns global leverage

3. A free and efficient remittance ecosystem
If India can enable financial corridors like the ICICI/ICICI – India remittance method, Nepal should:
● Allow unrestricted inward/outward transfers
● Reduce friction, fees, and dependency on foreign banking bottlenecks
● Create financial freedom for Nepali’s moving capital across borders

4. Global trade alliances, not neighbourhood limited economics
Nepal must evolve from:
“Trade with 1-2 nearby countries because logistics is easier”
To:
“Trade with the world because Nepali talent and capital already lives there.”

● Multi-nation trade deals
● Global export systems
● Creator-led cultural commerce
● Music, sports, tech, hospitality, agriculture, and media becoming economic pillars
Conclusion: Protest is a signal. Investment is the solution.
Gen Z protests are not the problem, they are the notification.
The error is not youth anger, but leadership silence.
The opportunity is not government reform alone, but national reinvention through global Nepali unity.
NRNs are not waiting for permission. We are already wiring Nepal into global ecosystems through business, culture, media, music, investment, and opportunity.
But imagine how much faster we could build if the nation finally built with us, not just about us.
The revolution Nepal needs is not just in the streets of Kathmandu, it is in the collective wallets, networks, and ambitions of Nepalis around the world.
And the most powerful protest outcome would be this:
A nation that lets its citizens co-own the future they are already paying to build.

I leave you with this – ‘’I grew up between 1995-till now – our nation and people have gone through a lot since then but there was a time where Nepali children around the world looked forward to the weekend to meet their Nepali friends in Nepali dance classes, reading classes and cultural events – this was because our parents were as excited to attend and nurture us – but now we see less of this – does this mean you as our elders have lost the fire you once had or are you just tired of hoping?
Either way we feel the same, so let’s listen and change things before the world leaves us behind and we are only known for the world’s tallest mountain, not the glorious nation full off intellects that we are.”