FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Cockroach - The Untold Story

Indian court orders release of two leaders of Cockroach movement

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka spent a week in jail after defying restrictions on protests in Delhi amid government crackdown

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21

This carnival of protest on the streets of Delhi has shaken Narendra Modi like nothing before

The singing, dancing and sheer joy in the face of police brutality at the protests led by the Cockroach Janta party show people no longer fear India’s regime, says poet and writer Meena Kandasamy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

Trump Vs Zelensky, From the Screen to the Streets, Gen Z protests from Paris to Dehli

In India, the Cockroach movement felt the crushing boot of the state this week. Thousands of Gen Z protesters were rounded up and detained in sports stadiums and community halls turned into makeshift detention centres, while the movement’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was arrested on arrival. A mass demonstration over alleged…

France 24 · Oct 16

India’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protest

Thousands expected to march in Delhi on Saturday, as anger mounts over controversial changes to voter lists in world’s largest democracy

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9

India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll

Thousands gather in Mumbai with heavy police presence as concerns mount that millions will be denied voting rights

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

India’s Cockroach movement threatens to restart protests after mass student arrests

Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Monday briefing: ​How the Cockroach ​protests ​have expose​d the ​cracks in ​India’s government

In today’s newsletter: Across ​the country, a ​younger generation is turning private disillusionment into public defiance​ against a government that once felt untouchable

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27

CJP calls off protest ‘in good faith’ following Dharmendra Pradhan’s exit

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday called off its 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar “in good faith” after a round of talks with the government, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said at a joint press conference with a government delegation at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi. The…

Newslaundry · Jul 25

Indian Cockroach activist ends hunger strike after 26 days as protests spread

Sonam Wangchuk secures ‘hard bargain’ with Delhi but talks between government and movement leaders stall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators

Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi

The Independent UK · Jul 23