Silent No More: The Voices of Bangladesh’s Youth
I have a complicated history with the ruling government party of Bangladesh. Growing up, I always had some sympathy for the Awami League—one of the country’s major parties and the oldest one today—as they seemed somewhat liberal. The Hamlet-like personal tragedy of the leader, Sheikh Hasina, who lost much of her family in a brutal assassination, always elicited a sense of sympathy in me. However, sympathy only works if you don’t go around advertising your loss and sacrifice. Like many others, I became aware of the dynamics of sympathy politics. Despite this, I still wasn’t a loud critic of this government.
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