New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- South Asia has long been the playground of political experiments-some democratic, others far less so. The latest of these, the so-called interim government led by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, is perhaps the most disheartening. Born not from constitutional order but from mob violence, foreign meddling, and opportunistic exploitation of student protests, this regime now presides over a nation adrift. What was hailed as a people's revolution has instead produced paralysis, insecurity, and the revival of forces Bangladesh thought were buried in history's dustbin.

To understand the peril, one need only glance across the Himalayas to Nepal. There, youth protests erupted after the government suspended social media platfo...