Dhaka, Jan. 11 -- Is it a good time to be middle From 1947 to 1971, politics was largely dominated by middle-class leadership and issues. The most iconic one was the Language movement - 1947-1952 - which mixed two of the greatest middle-class concerns - elite text culture and economics particularly access to salaried jobs.

The decision by the Pakistan government to make Urdu the only state language was one of the most self-destructive decision ever. It ignited the already unhappy middle class of East Pakistan into large scale protests with no options left. Their job markets were about to be severely slashed by excluding Bangla as one of the state languages.

Their entry into the civil service, media and even the education sector would be...