He Lent $27 to the Poor. Then His Own Government Called Him a Bloodsucker.

In 1976, Muhammad Yunus reached into his own pocket and lent $27 to 42 strangers trapped in poverty by a system designed to keep them there.That decision became Grameen Bank. Then a global movement reaching 150 million people across 100 countries. Then a Nobel Peace Prize.Then 174 lawsuits. A courtroom cage. A government calling him a bloodsucker of the very poor he had spent his life serving.This is the story nobody tells — and it doesn't end where you think it does.Lines Across Asia — real people, impossible odds, Asia's forgotten history.