Inshallah Bangladesh

Inshallah Bangladesh offers a gripping account of the seismic political upheaval that shook Bangladesh in 2024, when student-led protests over job quotas escalated into a nationwide uprising that ultimately forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India after fifteen years of unchallenged rule. The book chronicles the deep-rooted frustrations with unemployment, authoritarian governance, and dynastic politics that fueled the revolt, and explores Hasina’s explosive claim that the United States and her successor, Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, orchestrated her downfall by weaponizing student dissent. Yunus’s rise was seen by many as a break from the past, but the country’s future remains uncertain, with the growing influence of Islamist groups like the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami threatening internal stability amid a worsening financial crisis. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, political analysis, and regional context, the book reveals how Bangladesh attempted to redefine itself in a moment of crisis, and why the reverberations of 2024 will continue to shape South Asia’s trajectory. Co-authored by seasoned journalists Deep Halder, Jaideep Mazumdar, and Sahidul Hasan Khokon, the book combines decades of reporting experience across India and Bangladesh, offering rare insight into a nation at a crossroads.