A Revolution in Bangladesh That Debunked Orientalist Clichés
From an orientalist lens, Bangladesh would seem like the farthest and quietest corner of the East—stoic, submissive, burdened by hardship, defined by sweat and toil, and cloaked in mystery. The land of rickshaws and resilience. Hardly the kind of place one expects a revolution. After all, aren't revolutions the domain of the West? In the East, power supposedly shifts only through palace intrigues and the machinations of despots or monarchs. But Bangladesh has defied that script—with intelligence,