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Dhaka : Folks collect across the residence of Bangladeshi prime minister in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05 August 2024.(Photograph: PTI)
In case you promise to not google the reply, I’ll ask you a query. So please inform me, apart from Peace Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, which identify have you ever heard within the context of the ability shift in Bangladesh? Dr Yunus has, this week, been lionised on the sidelines of the UN Normal Meeting by high Western liberal leaders, from the US to the EU.
Now the second query. Why is it that amongst each our giant subcontinental neighbours, democracy has been so fragile? The instinctive reply can be Islam — that Islam and democracy can’t go collectively.