Bangladesh, March 23 -- Dhaka City witnessed yet again waves of student protests. This time, it is not school students who spearheaded the agitation but their elders mostly studying in universities. The protesting students took to the streets and occupied crucial road intersections and thus brought the city's traffic and life to a virtual standstill. They did not, however, take upon themselves the responsibility, like the teenage students, to regulate traffic and bring order on city roads at all important city points. Checking drivers' and vehicles' licences and route permits by them was limited to a certain segments of roads and intersections.

Now why are students compelled to take to the streets? It is not their responsibility to teach t...