How a Cockroach Joke Sparked Youth Protests in India

Abhijeet Dipke, 30, started the Cockroach Janta Party (janta means people) as a joke after a judge mocked young people. The joke spread like a meme, making him the face of India’s first Gen Z protest movement, led by teens and twenty-somethings. Anger over a leaked May medical-school test filled streets with calls for the education minister to quit.