Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- When the roots of a tree dry up, no matter how much it tries to show green leaves, that tree cannot survive. The state is much like that tree where the selfishness, corruption, and injustice of the ruler dry up the roots.

Then ordinary people, especially the young generation, take to the streets in search of new rain and new sunshine. Today, the waves of anti-government movements rising in different corners of the world are mainly born out of that thirst for change.

Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Latin American country Peru are three different lands, three different histories. But they are bound by a common thread.

In every country, people have taken to the streets against the existing power. In Bangladesh, the recent po...