Binay Bohra

Internet connectivity- OTT- Telecom Regulations and love of football

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

@SatishKTM Contrary to this bleak news from India, I learned that Nepal has acquired the FIFA rights at a significant premium.

[ʎɥdɹnɯ🌠 @Jaw_Knock]

नयाँ वर्ष मात्रै ६ वटा बिदा गरेर घोडेजात्रा देखि जनैपुर्नेसम्म पनि बिदा अनि शनिबार आइतबार पनि बिदा त अव्यवहारिक हो। कि सातामा दुई दिन बिदा दिएर बाँकी बिदा सीमित गर्नुपरो, कि अहिले जे चलिराछ त्यै। सबै बिदा गरेर त पढाइ कसरी पुरा, काम कैले त?

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

When Govt. fails to listen or displays arrogance things unravel at lightening speed! one could never have imagined the outcome of social media ban would lead to present reality!!

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

Sweating over this

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

@SatishKTM What do you want to see in manifesto?
Most imp could be institutional independence , promise to stay away from bhagbanda politics .

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Some holding to be expected if you're inbound Kathmandu at the moment. ⌚️🐢
https://t.co/32Pu7ltZzr

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

@SatishKTM Bygones era makes you nostalgic. used to save khaja money to buy this weekly magazine. Cost was 5 to 7 rupees if I recall .read R Mohan columns and Brian glanville(?)English football columns without fail

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

@RONBupdates Tarsaula mahal ma buda lai 😂

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

“जो आफैं प्रधानमन्त्रीकहाँ गएर ‘मलाई मन्त्री बनाइदिनुस्’ भन्दछन् र चाकडी बजाउँछन्, त्यस्ता मानिसहरू सुरु देखिनै अयोग्य हुन्। मन्त्रीहरूले पपुलिस्ट एजेन्डा होइन, PM सँग एउटै दिशामा काम गर्नुपर्छ। सिमित समय र Gen Z को मागअनुसार थोरै तर प्रभावकारी काममै सफलता छ। — एक Gen-X नागरिक ✍️

[Rachin Kalakheti @rachinkalakheti]

How did we end up polling on Discord for Nepal’s next leader? Here’s a rundown:

tldr; Nepali government was overthrown in 48 hours and I think i just witnessed the first internet native revolution.

Over two decades ago, Nepali citizens overthrew the Monarchy to establish a multiparty democracy hoping for a better future. However, two decades later, the leaders of three major democratic parties, who overthrew the monarchy, were still fighting for power and greed.

They went from no slippers on their feet to living in lavish mansions, but the common men were still poor, with no sign of improvements.

However, something changed from around late 2010s. People who relied on national TV and radio for their information started getting wide access to internet. People could see every mishaps these politicians made in real time, every frustrated candid stories of every Nepali citizens, and the rapid development of every other country that used to be on a similar level to Nepal. Frustration started accumulating rapidly among people, all enabled by the internet.

Fast forward to around August 2025, Nepali youths, frustrated by the corruption and incompetencies of the government, started a trend on TikTok called "Nepo Babies" where they created reels comparing the lavish lifestyle of politicians' kids with common citizens of Nepal who couldn't even afford a proper restaurant meal.

This exposé got widespread traction on TikTok and Instagram, which infuriated all the citizens of Nepal who had already lost hope from the current politicians. Everyone started cyberbullying their kids for their lifestyle.

Coincidentally, Nepali government imposed a ban on almost all major social media sites on September 4th 2025 saying they need to register their entities in Nepal and follow a strict content moderation rule imposed by the government, which obviously, these sites declined to.

The problem is over 20% population of Nepal resides outside the country and suddenly they had no proper way to communicate with their relatives back home. This lack of empathy, combined by the suspicious timing around the rise of nepo baby trend and a long standing disappointment in the current establishment was too much for everyone.

Suddenly, on September 5th, a call for a peaceful protest on September 8th started circulating on TikTok, Reddit, Discord, Instagram, etc.

What’s interesting is, this was a decentralized protest, all organized via internet without any central figure. Since it was organized collectively by youths on internet, this protest was given the title of “Gen-Z protest.”

A huge 12,000+ mass appeared on September 8th protest. It started peaceful, but things suddenly got violent. The government gave an order to shoot which led to the death of 20+ people and 300+ injuries by end of the day. Gut wrenching pictures and videos from the protest started floating on internet which led to a widespread outrage against the police and the government.

Later that night, Government gave a very lackluster and apathetic response to such a devastating situation. With this, peace wasn’t an option anymore.

Reddit, Discord, and TikTok was filled with rage and call for revenge on September 9th. People started sharing tutorials on how to create a Molotov cocktail, how to disarm tear gas, etc. This felt like the heat of the moment, but no one expected what was about to come the next day.

Next day, everyone from every part of country started coming out of their houses and protesting against the government. Around early afternoon, news started circulating on internet that a big group was headed towards the house of the Prime Minister. Then another group headed towards another big politician, then another, then another. All of their houses were burnt.

Internet facilitated a realtime coordination for mimetic actions across the nation. This is why “burn their mansions” became the trend for the day within a couple hours across the country. Police force, who were already demoralized from last day’s actions and reactions, showed little resistance on this day.

Almost every major politician’s house was burnt, and many politicians were even beaten brutally by the crowd, on streets, on rivers, and in their mansions.

I was on Reddit and Discord all day. It truly felt like dropping at a warzone where everyone is coordinating attacks, sharing real time updates, and even telling which locations to avoid, etc. By late afternoon, the prime minister resigned and took refuge under the army alongside many other politicians. Army took control for security later that night and wanted to host negotiations with the protestors.

The problem was, there was no representative for the protest. It was all a collective decentralized effort. So people started discussing and polling on Discord and Reddit on who should represent the protestors and who they should nominate as their future leader.

It’s been a chaotic effort (who knew decentralization would be chaotic), but they’ve finally agreed upon who they want to nominate. Discussion between Army, the President, and the protestors is still ongoing, but it’s almost guaranteed now that the leader nominated by the Discord polls will take the position within a couple days.

It was an unfortunate event where many things went wrong and the destruction pushed Nepal back by years, but the sequence of events were very unique, where almost everything originated and accumulated from the internet. The dissatisfaction accumulated for years on internet, and suddenly in two days, the government was overthrown, all coordinated via Internet with no central figure. In many ways, the protest happened on the internet for years, but the government didn’t listen.

I suspect this pattern will emerge across many other countries now that the world has seen what’s possible. The Network State is becoming a real thing.

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

When i said socio economic impact when govt banned sites despite our strong reservation, even in my wildest nightmare not imagined our current plight!! May we rise stronger!!

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

The aftermath of this scale of blocking will be unprecedented even after taking global outages into account. i do not think even ISPs are in a position to tell techincally and service level wise what scale of impact it will have? we are jut as clueless!!

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

i am only talking from the perspective of technical service to the customer!! this blockades socio economic impact no one has even assessed. not sure if anyone has categorised properly what is social media and what is not? very vague!!

[Tara Nath Dahal @tndahal7]

अहिलेको परिस्थिति आउनुको पछाडि
मुख्य जिम्मेवार तिन जना हुन:
१)ओलीका प्रमुख सल्लाहकार बिष्णु रिमाल
२) ओलीका प्रविधि सल्लाहकार अस्गर अली
३) सन्चारमन्त्री पृथ्वी सुब्बा गुरुङ

यिनीहरुको दश अर्वको खेलले देश असमान्य अवस्थामा जाकियो।

[TechPana @TechPanaNP]

कान्तिपुर दैनिक रहेको बिल्डिङमै क्लाउड हिमालय डेटा सेन्टर समेत रहेको छ । जहाँ विभिन्न बैँक, आईएसपी, टीएमएस, सामाजिक सञ्जाल लगायतका डेटा रेकर्डहरू होस्ट गरिएका छन् । आगो नियन्त्रणमा नआए ठुलो क्षति हुने देखिएको छ ।

[pannit jee @Pannitjee]

हार्दिक अपिल!

सिंहदरबार, काठमाडौं, हेटौंडा लगायतका डाटा सेन्टर र सरकारी कार्यालयहरू (प्रहरी, प्रशासन, अदालत, पालिका, नापी, मालपोत आदि) मा आगजनी/तोडफोड नगर्नुहोला।

यी ठाउँहरूमा राष्ट्रका संवेदनशील डाटा छन्। कुनै स्वार्थ समूहको उक्साहटमा नपर्नुहोला।

[Binay Bohra @binaybohra]

Sweating over this

[TechPana @TechPanaNP]

Breaking - सूचीकृत हुन नआउने सबै सामाजिक सञ्जाल बन्द गर्ने सरकारको निर्णय https://t.co/MPjbLdlKao

[Kantipur @ekantipur_com]

सरकारले सामाजिक सञ्जाल प्लाटफर्महरूलाई सात दिनभित्र अनिवार्य रूपमा सूचीकृत हुन दिएको समयसीमा आज सकिँदै छ । के सरकारले आफूले भनेजस्तो भएन भने सामाजिक सञ्जालहरु बन्द गर्ला ?
@Sajana_B
https://t.co/iBIqfBs1Hi

[Kantipur @ekantipur_com]

सात दिनको डेडलाइन सकियो, अब के हुन्छ? #MetaBanned #Banned #SocialMedia #EkantipurReels #Kantipur #eKantipur #shortsvideos