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Modi Seeks To Calm Allies by Shackling Gen Z Protests

Mujib Mashal, Suhasini Raj and Hari Kumar The New York Times
The “cockroach” youth movement — which began this summer over the failings of the education system and was revived this autumn over accusations that Mr. Modi is manipulating India’s election system — has become bogged down by the enormous powers of

How Gen Z Protests Are Reshaping Politics in Asia

Ruhi Bhasin ZNetwork
Different outcomes in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh show why the test of movements extends beyond protests. Without institutional pathways to translate protests into policy, such uprisings risk being co-opted or dissipating into chaos.

India’s Gen Z Protests Are Breaking the Grip of Fear

Ashok Kumbamu Convergence
The protest movement by young people in India has challenged the culture of fear that protects Narendra Modi’s Hindutva government. They are carving out the space for a future without Modi and his divisive authoritarian agenda.
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