The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast

Tens of thousands of Indians have taken to the streets under the banner of the Cockroach Janta party, in what The Guardian reports is the country's biggest protest movement in years. The youth-led demonstrations are directed at India's government, and their scale has impressed even seasoned observers—South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen told the outlet she's never seen this many young people mobilized on the streets before.

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