Nepal, July 27 -- 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...