I have felt it everytime I visited Dhaka. Others have felt it. Finally someone in the Bangladeshi media has wrote about it. Irum has nailed it and has done a fantastic job here to give a complete picture of the current urban youth, their apathy towards politics and the lack of ideology in their direction. The million dollar question is how can we change it and engage them for social change…

Take a look….its a long read but a very comprehensive one and yes, also try to answer the question.

A broader horizon, but a smaller view by Irum Ali Khan

They seek the freedom to choose their own careers without disapproval; the freedom to be selfish about their own desires; the freedom to be free of the weight of family expectations. The inalienable right of your boro chacha to insist that you go into the family business and marry his best friend’s daughter is being increasingly challenged. If decisions are to be made regarding their life, the new generation would like to make them themselves