Black money is cheap (less value), and lives of the marginalised people are cheaper. What is the half-life of such transitory gains? The repeat-cycles are short and abrasive, raising the abhorrence index. How to control these types of instability? Leaders who feel virtually stable are a menace to the society.

The political boundary rules are faulty, opening up more cracks in the system than economically sustainable. These erosions in political culture have to be repaid and repaired with huge interest. It is beyond the jurisdiction of the Finance Ministry, and the Prime Minister is at wit's end, as internal indiscipline thwarts remedial measures. It is the beginning of the end of the political playing fields, not to speak of the plight of the parties and players involved.

The hope of a bright Bangladesh is fading rapidly.