The Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen Z
After tens of thousands took to the streets over frustrations sparked by exam leaks, the Indian state mounted a heavy-handed response. But switch on the news in almost any European country and you’d hardly get a sense of the emergency from the visuals you see. Instead, it’s fun in the sun, beaches and city fountains.
- ▪After tens of thousands took to the streets over frustrations sparked by exam leaks, the Indian state mounted a heavy-handed response.
- ▪But switch on the news in almost any European country and you’d hardly get a sense of the emergency from the visuals you see.
- ▪Instead, it’s fun in the sun, beaches and city fountains.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 days. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ How India’s Gen-Z protesters taught Narendra Modi a lesson — The Globe and Mail
- ▪ Narendra Modi caves to India’s Gen Z — Latest Updates
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| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:08:52 +0000 |
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play videoplay videoVideo Duration play-arrowThe Listening PostThe Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen ZProtests by India's Cockroach Janta Party suggest the young generation is becoming harder to intimidate and to silence.Read moreNew Delhi has been rocked by some of India’s biggest student protests in years, led by a viral movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party. After tens of thousands took to the streets over frustrations sparked by exam leaks, the Indian state mounted a heavy-handed response.
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