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The opening of careers—in military command and the civil service, for instance—to talent rather than noble descent started a realignment in the distribution of status.

"Especially concerning is the use of civil service resources to publicise it," O'Toole added on X, formerly Twitter.

The protests started in July 2024 against civil service job quotas for relatives of those who fought in the 1971 war but soon escalated into a mass movement to overthrow Hasina.

For the Dublin-based novelist, who still works full-time in the civil service, it was just another strange twist in the journey of the book, released six years ago.

Critics, including labor unions and civil service advocates, have called the firings unlawful and politically driven.