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 spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy. The ...

The ‘Cockroach’ movement dispersed, saying its demands had been met, but there are larger issues about the country’s education system and the future of dissent. By Alex Travelli and Showkat Nanda ...

The leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, an Indian youth movement, had been detained by the police on Saturday before they could lead protests over voting rights. By Somini Sengupta and Suhasini Raj ...