In the simmering heat of Bangladesh, where the air hung heavy with the weight of history, a quiet revolution took root, its roots sinking deep into the hearts of a generation too young to remember a time before Sheikh Hasina’s reign.

CP Chandrasekhar is a Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the author of The Market that Failed: Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms in India. He is a vocal critic of the neo-liberal economic order. But why is neoliberalism bad for India and Nepal? What are its major flaws? Mahabir Paudyal and Prashant Lamichhane caught up with veteran professor when he was in Kathmandu last week.