ACROSS continents and cultures, a generational tremor is shaking the foundations of old politics. From the streets of Bangladesh and Nepal in South Asia to the island nation of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific to Peru in South America young people, mostly in their late teens and twenties, are rising to challenge authority, corruption and...
For now, exactly a year after the formation of the interim government, it is disappointing to see the government that was installed through a bloody mass uprising has failed its people and is behaving more following the impulse of the Facebook response than acting on its political vision and commitment to principles of equality and justice. The way the interim...
BANGLADESH experienced a political earthquake when prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following a nationwide protest in August led by the youth, particularly the Gen-Z generation. The 鈥楪en-Z Revolution鈥� shares striking similarities with the Arab Spring, underscoring the powerful impact of youth-driven movements in bringing about significant radical change in Bangladesh...
