The Cockroach Protests Are Reviving India’s Ailing Democracy

The student protests in India trace their origins to a satirical social media page called the “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP). Activist Abhijeet Dipke created the page in response to a disparaging remark from the chief justice of India, who likened youth activists to “cockroaches” for questioning the government. What began as an online campaign soon evolved into a nationwide protest movement against the irregularities in examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), especially the…