TarteExclusive: Young activists who toppled Nepal's government now picking new leaders
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- Hami Nepal used Discord app to mobilize protests
- Sudan Gurung and team propose cabinet changes, focus on youth involvement
- Protests against corruption lead to 51 deaths, over 1,300 injured
KATHMANDU, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese non-profit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership.
Sudan Gurung, the 36-year-old founder of Hami Nepal (We are Nepal), used the Discord messaging app and Instagram to mobilise massive demonstrations that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, in the deadliest political crisis to hit the Himalayan nation in decades, a dozen people involved in the demonstrations said.
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This is what happens when the PEOPLE aren’t pussy-ass-bitches.
I don't know man. I think if everyone made their signs a little bigger, smiled a little more and then held hands for very long time, everything would get better. Personally, I can't wait until the next protest that has a ton of family oriented activities planned.
It’s called the county fair, not a protest
You say this, but perhaps don't know of the Balts singing themselves to liberty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution
I think concerts and singing are a little more cool and effective than the stuff I was talking about
I don't know much about Nepalese politics, but I think that things are looking up. Somehow more stable from what I can tell.