- Sat Jul 25, 2026 11:02 pm
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The upshot of the Cockroaches' action has been as remarkable as the movement's foundation. Jai Hind!
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation today was the central demand (and by Christ, so it should have been) and now the rest of their demands will be on the table unless Modi tries to pull a fast one.
We met a leading lefty/opposition journalist at a scruffy fish restaurant terrace in Kochi, and enjoyed a helluva night with him - old mate of Mark Tully, knew that generation of the BBC inside out - and he has been reporting heavily on what the kids have just achieved at Jantar Mantar.
"You can trample the flowers but you can't stop the spring." To coin a phrase.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation today was the central demand (and by Christ, so it should have been) and now the rest of their demands will be on the table unless Modi tries to pull a fast one.
We met a leading lefty/opposition journalist at a scruffy fish restaurant terrace in Kochi, and enjoyed a helluva night with him - old mate of Mark Tully, knew that generation of the BBC inside out - and he has been reporting heavily on what the kids have just achieved at Jantar Mantar.
"You can trample the flowers but you can't stop the spring." To coin a phrase.
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