A letter from Bangladesh to Uganda: Falling with grace

After more than a month of youth protests in Bangladesh, the country’s strongwoman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, abruptly resigned and fled the country early Monday.

Hours later, thousands of them overran Parliament and occupied the PM’s place in the capital Dhaka. What followed were scenes that have played out in centuries of revolution whenever rebels or protestors take the residence of a leader they have just deposed. The youthful “revolutionaries” sampled contents of refrigerators, enjoyed meals, sat on tables and the PM’s desk, took selfies, frolicked in Hasina’s…