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After an explosion of popular rage tore through the country, its respected army was the only institution left standing. It’s now in talks with the protesters.

By Alex Travelli

Reporting from New Delhi

When protesters in Nepal torched Parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers’ homes on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, the chief of the Nepali Army appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.