New Delhi, July 27 -- Now that Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as India's education minister and been replaced with Pralhad Joshi, tempers seem to have calmed.

At least the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth group that led an agitation for Pradhan's ouster, seems to have backed down.

Medical entrance exam paper leaks, the issue that cost Pradhan his post, had turned into a flashpoint of student discontent.

In response, fast-track courts are being set up to try the leak-accused and stiff penalties for such corruption might be enacted.

Although the CJP is jubilant, its victory may yet turn out to be pyrrhic if Gen-Z still encounters steep odds of career success.

And to the extent youth frustrations stem from unmet aspirations, a plat...