Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- History never moves in a straight line. It advances through winding paths, enduring many ups and downs.
Even after a movement, struggle, or mass uprising succeeds, the road ahead never remains smooth.
The defeated forces and those who benefited from them always continue conspiring to regain their lost power.
They devise various strategies to put the victorious side in danger. Even if they fail, they do not retreat from the battlefield; until they are completely destroyed, they persist in their efforts.
This is the pattern of history, this is the nature of class character. There has never been an exception.
Let us now look at the recent July-August mass movement. The prolonged regime of General Ershad came to an end th...