INSHALLAH BANGLADESH : The Story of an Unfinished Revolution
INSHALLAH BANGLADESH : The Story of an Unfinished Revolution
Deep Halder, Jaideep Mazumdar, Sahidul Hasan Khokon
- Language : English
- Paperback : 316 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9353459877
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353459871
How did a student-led revolt topple a government? Who betrayed Sheikh Hasina? What is next for Bangladesh?
In 2024, Bangladesh was convulsed by its most dramatic political upheaval in decades. What began as student protests over job quotas swelled into a mass uprising that brought millions into the streets and forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – once unassailable after fifteen years in power – to flee to India.
This book is the first full chronicle of that extraordinary year. It traces how simmering frustrations with unemployment, authoritarianism and dynastic politics erupted into open revolt. In an exclusive conversation for the book, Hasina has blamed the US and her successor Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus for plotting her downfall using students’ ire as shield.
To many, Yunus’s elevation symbolized a break from the past. A year on, the rising influence of Islamist groups like the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami threatens internal peace and regional stability even as the country faces a massive financial crisis.
Drawing on eyewitness testimony, political analysis and regional context, Inshallah Bangladesh reveals how a nation on the brink tried to redefine itself, why the journey has been ridden with pitfalls and why the aftershocks of 2024 will shape South Asia for years to come.
How did a student-led revolt topple a government? Who betrayed Sheikh Hasina? What is next for Bangladesh?
In 2024, Bangladesh was convulsed by its most dramatic political upheaval in decades. What began as student protests over job quotas swelled into a mass uprising that brought millions into the streets and forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – once unassailable after fifteen years in power – to flee to India.
This book is the first full chronicle of that extraordinary year. It traces how simmering frustrations with unemployment, authoritarianism and dynastic politics erupted into open revolt. In an exclusive conversation for the book, Hasina has blamed the US and her successor Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus for plotting her downfall using students’ ire as shield.
To many, Yunus’s elevation symbolized a break from the past. A year on, the rising influence of Islamist groups like the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami threatens internal peace and regional stability even as the country faces a massive financial crisis.
Drawing on eyewitness testimony, political analysis and regional context, Inshallah Bangladesh reveals how a nation on the brink tried to redefine itself, why the journey has been ridden with pitfalls and why the aftershocks of 2024 will shape South Asia for years to come.
Author Bios:
Deep Halder is a journalist and author. He has headed newsrooms in leading Indian media outlets like the India Today Group, Dainik Bhaskar and DNA. Currently, he is Contributing Editor with ThePrint, writing mostly on Bangladesh and West Bengal. He is the author of the best-selling books Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre (2019), Bengal 2021: An Election Diary (2021) and Being Hindu in Bangladesh: An Untold Story (2023).
Jaideep Mazumdar is a journalist with more than thirty-five years’ experience in various Indian media outlets and an author. He writes mostly on eastern and northeastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.Till recently, he was Political Affairs Editor with Swarajya.
Sahidul Hasan Khokon has over twenty years of experience in print, digital and TV news media in both India and Bangladesh. Till recently, he reported on Bangladesh for the India Today Group.He has authored five books on Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Independence and the rise of radicalism. He is currently in India due to Bangladesh’s political instability and attack on journalists.
Deep Halder is a journalist and author. He has headed newsrooms in leading Indian media outlets like the India Today Group, Dainik Bhaskar and DNA. Currently, he is Contributing Editor with ThePrint, writing mostly on Bangladesh and West Bengal. He is the author of the best-selling books Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre (2019), Bengal 2021: An Election Diary (2021) and Being Hindu in Bangladesh: An Untold Story (2023).
Jaideep Mazumdar is a journalist with more than thirty-five years’ experience in various Indian media outlets and an author. He writes mostly on eastern and northeastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.Till recently, he was Political Affairs Editor with Swarajya.
Sahidul Hasan Khokon has over twenty years of experience in print, digital and TV news media in both India and Bangladesh. Till recently, he reported on Bangladesh for the India Today Group.He has authored five books on Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Independence and the rise of radicalism. He is currently in India due to Bangladesh’s political instability and attack on journalists.
