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"Over the past few weeks, young people have mobilised to protest India’s broken
education system, against the background of a shortage of job opportunities.
The protests were initially sparked by the cancellation of a medical school
entrance exam after questions were leaked, leading some despondent young people
to take their own lives. The movement repurposed the image of a cockroach as
their symbol – inspired by a comment by India’s chief justice, allegedly
comparing jobless young people to “cockroaches”. Humour and satire were
integral to the recent unrest.
On Saturday, the cockroach movement claimed its biggest victory since the
protests began with the resignation of India’s education minister, Dharmendra
Pradhan.
But this move will only do so much. These issues did not appear overnight, nor
can they be easily fixed."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
