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India's 'Cockroach' student movement shakes up national education system

NPR | By Omkar Khandekar,
Scott Simon
Published July 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM PDT

Protests in India are growing as the government and the Cockroach Janta ("People's") Party negotiate over reforms to the education system.

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