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How the cockroaches have reimagined India

New Delhi, July 27 -- In India's first successful Gen Z movement, inspired by the Cockroach Janta Party, one can read a reimagining of India. The protesters weren't slavishly respectful of the Indian ... Read More


The day the CJP broke the politics of fear

New Delhi, July 20 -- Jantar Mantar today became a cauldron of rage, with thousands pouring into the streets of Central Delhi to join the Cockroach Janta Party's march to Parliament, demanding the res... Read More


Penalty shootout as a metaphor for life

New Delhi, July 13 -- The penalty shootout in the ongoing football World Cup invariably has me and my friends somersault to our college years. In those halcyon days, we had an annual examination, not ... Read More


Brazil reveals EVM source code, why shouldn't India?

New Delhi, July 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) mulishly rejects the demand of citizens to reveal the source code of its electronic voting machine. The origin of this demand lies in the wi... Read More


Defections: Faux morality vs real democracy

New Delhi, June 29 -- The defection of legislators from the Aam Aadmi Party, the Trinamool Congress, and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) is a shameless spectacle dressed as a morality play. Its scrip... Read More


What Joe Sacco leaves unsaid

New Delhi, June 22 -- Journalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco's The Once and Future Riot unsettled me for a reason other than those Penguin Random House India cited for not distributing his book in the In... Read More


The transparency question at the heart of the EVM debate

New Delhi, June 15 -- Professor Mridul Nandi addressed a seminar last week at Kolkata's Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) on a topic puzzling to most citizens: How transparent is the current EVM [Ele... Read More


Why India's political class fears the CJP

New Delhi, June 8 -- The significance of the Cockroach Janata Party's leap from online to real life at Jantar Mantar lay in its endeavour to dispel the fear paralysing the Indian political system, whi... Read More