In Modi’s India, many felt dissent didn’t matter. Then came the ‘cockroaches.’
What started as outrage over leaked medical entrance exams turned into one of India's largest youth-led protest movements challenging India's prime minister. They call themselves the cockroaches after a top official compared jobless youth to the pests.
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