India, Oct. 18 -- The central question is how millions of Indians are being invited to interpret the events unfolding.

India is witnessing an interesting confrontation, not merely on the streets of New Delhi but across the vast and increasingly influential landscape of social media. The recent protests organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) have demonstrated how political mobilisation, public emotion, institutional responses and digital amplification can combine to create a national controversy extending far beyond the actual number of people participating in demonstrations.

The central question is no longer simply what the protesters are demanding or how the Indian government is responding. It is how millions of Indians are bein...