A hunger strike over alleged exam irregularities has turned Devendra Mahto into the most visible face of Jharkhand’s youth discontent. For nearly three weeks, Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium has been the nerve centre of a student agitation over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations. At its centre stands 33-year-old Devendra Nath Mahto, a student leader who has turned an indefinite hunger strike into both a political challenge and a test of the gov