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Cockroach Janta Party

Opinion

India’s middle‑class crisis: the great bifurcation and the Gen Z uprising

Indian Link -
India’s Middle-Class Crisis The student protests we have been witnessing in India can be explained in large part by the crisis facing the Indian middle class,...
Diaspora

CJP protests brought down a minister, but real reform will be harder

Indian Link -
  Over the past few weeks, young people have mobilised to protest India’s broken education system, against the background of a shortage of job opportunities....
Opinion

The dance of democracy, reprised

Torrsha Sen -
  In 2011, I stood at Jantar Mantar as a Delhi University student, placard in hand, shouting for activist Anna Hazare and against a government...
Opinion

The Cockroach Janta Party: The itch we can’t ignore

Torrsha Sen -
  On May 16, just days ago, a satirical political outfit called the Cockroach Janta Party was born in India. Its name was lifted straight...