During the Gen-G movement and subsequent protests, 75 people lost their lives. Hundreds were injured. The protests not only saw violent incidents but also fires and vandalism of government and private structures.

Prisoners escaped from various jails in the country, and many places like Singha Durbar and the Supreme Court were set on fire. How much has the movement affected the Gen-G youth who had made up their minds to do whatever they wanted to do in Nepal? How much hope do the youth who had dreamed of doing something in the country see amidst the confusion? When listening to the thoughts of representative Gen-G youth, it seems that a cloud of confusion is looming over their dreams.

Pratima Sapkota, 23, a native of Nuwakot, is studying in the second semester of her master's degree at the Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. She says that she did not go abroad with the intention of doing something in Nepal, but after seeing the human and material damage caused by the Gen-G movement, she lost both her hope and dream of doing something in the country. She says, 'After completing my masters, I had planned to stay in my own country and get a job and start a business. The movement shattered both my dreams and made me afraid.' Now I regret why I stayed in Nepal instead of going abroad.'

Pratima also said that she was very disappointed by the loss of life and property in the movement. 'We have lost so many innocent friends in the movement that we could not have imagined. It is very sad that the taxes paid by the people and the government structures built with foreign aid were burned,' she said. 'Big businessmen who have invested in the country, who have contributed to the development of the country, created jobs for the common people.' Seeing everything burned, I no longer have the courage to live in the country doing normal business.'

She said that this movement has lowered the morale of many young people who were thinking of doing something in Nepal, along with mental fear and panic. She argues that the events that took place during the Gen-G movement have also made young people who had dreams of building their future in government service very sad.

Similarly, 23-year-old Balram Poudel from Kaski was also thinking of getting a government job. After completing his graduation in physics, he also wanted to stay in the country and do something. After learning through social media that his generation was going to protest against corruption, he also participated in the protest in Pokhara on Bhadra 23. He says that he went to the rally with his friends and returned after some time because the protest did not turn out as he had expected. He says, ‘We had gone in the name of protesting against corruption.’ We received news that many friends had lost their lives in Kathmandu. In Pokhara too, we returned home disappointed when the protest took a different style than we had expected.’ _{Balram Poudel}

The incidents on the first and second days of the protest made it difficult to distinguish between dreams and nightmares and that even the idea of ​​doing something in the country was disappearing, said Balram. ‘The purpose of the protest was one, but the result turned out to be another.’ We wanted a corruption-free country. Everything was destroyed. There was infiltration in the movement,' he said, 'I had thought of taking a government job and living in my own country. Seeing the situation in the country, I am starting to feel like there is no other option but to go abroad. I was preparing for the civil service. After the movement, I am in a dilemma whether to prepare again or not.' Balram said that he was very saddened by the destruction and arson caused by selling the name of Gen-G. _{Satakshi Mishra}

Satakshi Mishra, who hails from Chitwan, is an engineer by profession. Satakshi, 25, says that Nepal has many opportunities and if everyone moves forward together, the country can be made much better than before. 'It is wrong to make a statement that nothing can be done now that the country's structures have been burned. There are many opportunities in Nepal if we can recognize the opportunities. Sometimes earthquakes and sometimes Covid hurt us, but we rose up. If everyone unites, we can rebuild the structure. The country can also be built as we want,' she said, 'If Nepalis living abroad continue the skills they learned there and come back to their own country, if skilled politicians run the country, if the youth search for opportunities in the country, we can easily do good.' Mishra, a building consultant, said that she will help in every way to build the country. _{Deepika Pokharel}

Deepika Pokharel, a 24-year-old resident of Ilam who has been working in a manpower company after graduating, also says that she is confident that the country will now take a positive direction. 'Earlier, I was thinking of going abroad. Now, I have thought of doing something in Nepal. We should not think negatively of everything that has been destroyed and burned. Whatever has happened so far, if the youth come into politics, if the country becomes corruption-free, all this can be rebuilt,' she said, 'Many people died during the movement. That is sad. But seeing the houses of leaders and activists burned down at that time, now, if anyone tries to commit corruption, they will not do it out of fear, remembering this movement.'