India’s Gen Z protesters are taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government – armed with humor, cockroach memes and demands for democracy.
The youth-led movement is now challenging alleged mass voter roll deletions and a government crackdown.
https://theconversation.com/indian-gen-z-cockroach-protesters-aim-to-upend-assumptions-about-democracy-and-populism-in-modis-india-294730
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