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Asia’s Restless Generation
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From India to Indonesia and Vietnam, Gen Z is testing the limits of power, accountability and public dissent.
The Jantar-Mantar agitation in New Delhi between June and July 2026 was largely participated in and handled by Gen Z. Many had...
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Paper Leaks Need More Than Tougher Laws
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The new anti-paper leak law rightly raises the cost of organised examination fraud, but protecting merit will need stronger institutions and better governance.
Nearly two million students were forced to retake the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) in 2026 after the...
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When Protest Turns into Mob Rule
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The NEET protests at Jantar Mantar highlighted a democratic paradox: the right to protest is fundamental, but so is the state’s duty to restore order when violence erupts.
The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan marked an unusually swift...
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‘Just the beginning of the new revolution’
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Gen Z says their next target is Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman
Mumbai: Dancing on the tunes of ‘Zinghaat’, the Gen Z at Dadar, was celebrating Dharmendra’s Pradhan’s resignation. The ‘Tiranga’ rally called up by Thackeray brothers on Thursday for...
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Battered Modi govt faces ultimate alliance test
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A CJP supporter celebrates in Nagpur on Saturday. Pic: PTI
Mumbai: For only the second time in its 12-year tenure, the Modi government has been forced to bow down. The dramatic resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is not...
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Crossing Lines
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A protest for a genuine cause or problem earns public sympathy by appealing to the nation’s conscience. It begins to lose it the moment its members indiscriminately start abusing the nation’s institutions.
That is where the CJP agitation now stands....
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A NEET Reckoning
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Every political crisis produces its defining image. The Emergency had press censorship. Anna Hazare’s movement had Ramlila Maidan. The farmers’ protest had Delhi’s borders. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation may be remembered for turning a medical entrance examination into...
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A Protest Needs an Outcome
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The protests at Jantar Mantar have brought together students, activists and political leaders over the NEET paper leak. Actors and filmmakers have offered support, the latest being Salman Khan (the actor, not the educator). The anger is understandable. An examination...
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Gatecrash Politics
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Rahul Gandhi’s decision to stage a protest outside the Prime Minister’s official residence was a spectacle that exposed a troubling decline in political responsibility. A Leader of the Opposition has every right to question the government, mobilise public opinion and...
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The Jantar Mantar Protest: Who’s Really in the Crowd?
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Are these protests still about NEET aspirants—or have they evolved into a broader political movement?
Every few months, Jantar Mantar becomes the centre of yet another protest. This time, it’s a CJP-led demonstration centred around NEET and demands for education...
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Manufactured Martyrs
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The attempt by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) to turn activist Sonam Wangchuk into the next Anna Hazare has exposed how manufactured symbolism cannot compensate for the absence of genuine public outrage.
What began as a grievance over the NEET...
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Youths await Dipke’s cautious ‘ghar-wapasi’
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Mumbai: Nearly a month after unleashing a tsunami on social media, Abhijeet Dipke – who launched the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ – is likely to return home early tomorrow (June 6) from the USA where he had gone to study and...
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