In the last four years, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and now Nepal have seen violent regime changes. Streets turned into battlefields, parliaments and ministries burned, and leaders fled.
The surface trigger in Nepal was a ban on social media, but the real cause lies in years of anger over corruption, unemployment and poor governance.
A striking pattern emerges; all these countries had drawn closer to China, distanced themselves from India, and promoted anti-India rhetoric. Yet, instead of stability, they now face uprisings. China’s role in fueling hostility toward India has clearly backfired, leaving these nations in flames.
But suspicion also arises; has the United States exploited these situations? With its global reach and digital platforms, America could have amplified unrest where governments were already weak.
While China encouraged anti-India stances, the USA may have seized the moment to turn public anger into full scale revolts.
The lesson is clear; when countries ignore people’s needs and lean on foreign powers, they collapse from within. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, each burned after cozying up to China.
Well, coming to Pakistan, though it was an ally to China until sometime ago, now it is under the control of USA due to Asim Munir's nexus with Donald Trump. So the scene of Nepal will not repeat in Pakistan.
Coming to India, which developed a new relationship with China after the Trump tariffs, many doubt whether it too may face such unrest. But that is impossible, no superpower can play games in India the way they do in smaller nations around it.
Whether it is the sponsored Khalistan movement or any other activity, such attempts may irritate India but can never truly weaken its system under the present leadership and the strong nationalistic sentiment of the majority.