South Asia today is facing an unprecedented crisis of political stability and national sovereignty. One after another, countries in the region are falling prey to engineered uprisings that begin with small-scale protests but spiral into violent regime-change operations. From Colombo to Dhaka and now Kathmandu, the pattern is strikingly similar: grievances are magnified, mobs mobilized, governments delegitimized, and chaos unleashed — leaving fertile ground for external forces and radical groups to step in. What is unfolding resembles not just a new Cold War but a neo-colonial strategy — a “Neo-East India Company” operating under the guise of democracy promotion and people’s movements. While these movements appear organic, closer scrutiny reveals strikingly similar patterns — youth mobilization through social media, magnification of grievances, rapid escalation into violence, and ultimately, the ouster of governments.

From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya in 2022 to Bangladesh’s “July Revolution” in 2024 and now Nepal’s Gen Z uprising in 2025, the story has been repeating with alarming precision. Each upheaval leaves chaos in its wake, weakening state institutions, crippling economies, and creating fertile ground for extremist groups. The parallels with the East India Company’s colonial strategy are unmistakable. The difference is that this modern-day “Neo-East India Company” operates not through armies and trade monopolies but through NGOs, media campaigns, digital warfare, and external political networks.

The ultimate objective is not democracy or reform but destabilization — creating fractured states that are pliable to foreign interests.

Sri Lanka’s crisis in 2022 was presented to the world as a spontaneous revolt against

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