Bangladesh, hailed once as the poster child of globalization for its resounding economic success, saw a massive student-led movement last year in July-August, which ignited a political earthquake in the country. Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister, was ousted; streets throbbed with protesters; and there was a massive downturn in the democratic edifice itself, even though an interim administration under Nobel laureate Mohammad Younis is in place to walk the tightrope of transition. The interim administration hasn’t delivered on many fronts, given the country has been witnessing massive unemployment, a fractured political space, division within opposition ranks, a delayed election process, and human rights abuses. This is a curious case of “complex interdependence,” where the s

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