This article first appeared in ekantipur.comAfter the Gen-Z uprising of 9–10 September, Nepal has suddenly fallen into a crisis. And so the question arises: has the fire lit in the name of the Gen-Z uprising in fact been hurled at democracy itself? The Gen-Z Uprising AgendaThe term “Gen-Z” is on everyone’s lips. Can answers to all this blood, these tears, and these screams be manufactured by playing tiger-trap campfire games at Army Headquarters? Democracy is a system conducted through public dialogue, and so it does not fit the character of Army Headquarters.