How Corruption Destroyed South Asia

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Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka share the same ugly pattern: political dynasties looting public coffers while ordinary people scrape by or leave the country entirely. When the minister's son posts a $40,000 Christmas flex on Instagram, when Sheikh Hasina builds a $530 million UK property empire on a $12,000 salary, when a nuclear power plant costs twice what it should and pillows get billed at $49 each, Gen Z had enough.

Mass protests toppled governments across South Asia in 2024 and 2025. Student movements in Bangladesh, Nepal corruption protests, and Sri Lanka economic crisis demonstrations unseated entrenched political elites. Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh after youth-led uprisings exposed decades of embezzlement and government corruption. Nepal's Gen Z took to the streets after viral Instagram posts revealed the extreme wealth of politicians' children. Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa family lost power when their economic mismanagement pushed the country into default.

Now comes the hard part: turning street energy into actual political change. We went to Kathmandu, talked to students who marched, youth leaders negotiating with the old guard, and investigative journalists covering the fallout. The revolutions happened. The question is whether they stick, or whether the same entrenched parties with deeper pockets and patronage networks simply reclaim power at the ballot box.

Bangladesh elections in February 2025 and Nepal elections in March 2025 will test whether youth movements can translate protest momentum into electoral victory. Sri Lanka offers one path forward under new president AKD. This is the story of what happens when a stolen future fights back, and whether South Asia's political corruption can finally be broken by a new generation demanding accountability, economic reform, and an end to dynastic politics.

00:00 - Intro
01:33 - The Art of the Steal
08:12 - Inside the Revolution
13:55 - The Future

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