Protected: The Cockroach Republic — Part 6: 2026–2029
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Protected: The Cockroach Republic — Part 5: Can the Cockroach Survive Its Success?
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The Cockroach Republic — Part 4: The Battle for the Young Hindu
Identity, masculinity, and the right wing after the cockroach A cockroach among Ravan’s kin This Dussehra, at the Keshav Ramlila grounds in Delhi’s Pitampura, a fourth figure will stand beside the familiar effigies of Ravan, his brother Kumbhkaran and his son Meghnad: a cockroach, thirty feet tall. The organising committee, headed by the BJP legislator
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The Cockroach Republic — Part 3: The Strongman’s Dilemma
How the ruling party responded, and what its response reveals The government that did not resign In 2015, as opposition parties demanded cabinet resignations over two scandals, the then home minister, Rajnath Singh, drew a line between the new government and the coalition that had preceded it: ministers, he said, do not resign here. The
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The Cockroach Republic — Part 2: Laughter as a Weapon
Humour, the feminine, and the oldest grammar of Indian resistance The barricade at Patel Chowk On July 20, 2026, the day Parliament opened its monsoon session, thousands of young people set out from Jantar Mantar towards the Parliament building. They were demanding the resignation of the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, over the leak that had
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The Cockroach Republic — Part 1: The Insult That Named a Generation
Why millions of young Indians became cockroaches in a week A week in May On May 15, 2026, during a hearing about fake educational degrees, the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, reached for an image of contempt. As widely reported, he likened young people who fail to find a place in the profession, and
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Bonds Without Bodies | Gen Z Series – Part VII
Something curious has emerged in the landscape of contemporary protest movements. When digitally organized groups take to the streets, they often exhibit a distinctive pattern: intense initial mobilization followed by explosive confrontations that lack clear strategic objectives, culminating in rapid organizational dissolution. The passion is undeniable, the numbers impressive, but the trajectory differs markedly from traditional
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The Grandiose Self Against the Gravity of Power | Gen Z Series – Part VI
In the recent Gen Z protests in Nepal, many people felt that something about the atmosphere was unusually charged. The speed at which crowds formed, the intensity of confrontations, and the sudden shifts from peaceful gathering to explosive anger seemed strikingly familiar to anyone watching youth-led uprisings around the world. A similar emotional sharpness was visible
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The Social Animal Meets the Digital Individual | Gen Z Series – Part V
There’s a troubling paradox at the heart of modern digital life. The internet promised us unprecedented freedom to be ourselves, to find our tribes, to escape the suffocating conformity of traditional communities. Yet anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed, particularly among the most connected generation in history. What if the problem isn’t a bug in
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Choreography of the “Coded Oracle” and the Hijacked Self | Gen Z Series – Part IV
Our consciousness is defined by the seamless connectivity and coherence between our past, present and the future. While we human beings live in the present moment, it’s the imagination that integrates all the three versions of the self. Imagination is the humanity’s first laboratory, a simulation of the possible or, better say a private theatre where
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