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Battered Modi govt faces ultimate alliance test
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 just a cabinet reshuffle; it marks the climax of a gruelling political standoff that has left the ruling dispensation visibly wounded. What began as a student outcry over exam irregularities morphed into a massive siege, exposing cracks
Abhijit Mulye
Jul 254 min read
Marching Minds: The New Battlefield
The scenes witnessed in Delhi this week are not significant merely because another political protest has reached the national capital. Democracies are expected to witness demonstrations, disagreements and public dissent. What deserves closer attention, however, is the striking similarity in the way many modern protests evolve. A localized grievance suddenly expands into a nationwide political campaign. Student groups become the moral face of the movement. Social media explode
Rajiv Shah
Jul 243 min read
What is CJP’s Agenda?
India's political history has been shaped not only by elections but also by mass movements. Time and again, public agitations have altered the country's political trajectory, influenced governments, and reshaped institutions. Yet, despite their differences in ideology and leadership, the most successful movements in independent India shared one defining characteristic: they rallied people around a clear, specific, and achievable agenda. The ongoing protest led Cockroach Janta
Devendra Pai
Jul 243 min read
Crossing Lines
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. It has outlived its purpose. The movement began with a legitimate grievance against the NEET paper leak and demanded some systemic education reforms. Millions of students deserve an examination system that is transparent, secure a
Correspondent
Jul 242 min read
A Protest Needs an Outcome
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 on which millions stake years of preparation cannot become a commodity available to those with money, influence or access. But what, precisely, must the protest achieve? “Improve education” cannot be its demand.
Anuradha Rao
Jul 244 min read
MVA protests for third day:
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies continued their agitation for the third day in different parts of Maharashtra with an aggressive state Congress hitting the streets today to protest the detention of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra and other Congress leaders yesterday, here on Wednesday. State and city Youth Congress again carried out vociferous protests near Mantralaya raising slogans, carrying banners and plac
Quaid Najmi
Jul 223 min read
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