France, July 5 -- Protesters have been camping out day and night beneath the trees at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi's best-known protest site, despite a ban by authorities. Many are wearing cockroach masks and carrying placards inspired by satirical internet memes, and carrying copies of the Indian constitution.

A few weeks earlier, nothing suggested those memes would grow into such a movement.

Most of the protesters are students or recent graduates protesting against unemployment and alleged fraud in medical college entrance exams.

"There are no more opportunities for young people," Devika, who was attending her second rally, told RFI. "We are worried about the future of Generation Z. Our fight is a fight against corruption."

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