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'Least We Can Do': The Wisdom of the Elderly Who Stand With Gen Z

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On October 23, human rights activists, student unions, farmers and other citizens came together to protest under...

26.10.2026 20

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The WhatsApp Uncles Are Worried

Listen to this article: The ‘WhatsApp uncles’ are worried. Like the October weather, the social and political climate around them is beginning to...

22.10.2026 20

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What (Extra)ordinary Citizens Said at the Lehra Do Tiranga Protest in Connaught Place

Listen to this article: The Lehra Do Tiranga (wave the tricolour) protest at Connaught Place, New Delhi on the evening of Friday (October 16) somehow...

19.10.2026 60

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No, Mr. Home Minister, the Protest on October 12 Was Not A Rally To 'Protect Infiltrators'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A day after the INDIA bloc’s massive protest march in Delhi, Union home minister Amit Shah targeted Lok Sabha...

14.10.2026 20

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'Gandhi Ji Would Be Proud': Voices from the New Delhi October 2 Protest

Listen to this article: On Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, over a thousand citizens who had gathered for a peaceful protest against Gyanesh Kumar and the...

02.10.2026 350

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From Jantar Mantar to Jama Masjid, Gen Z’s Common Thread of Love

Listen to this article: At a time when communal rhetoric from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its acolytes in the media has reached fever pitch,...

30.08.2026 90

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'This Feels Like Jantar Mantar': CJP Volunteers Meeting Forced Out of Banquet Hall

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) recently sent out an invitation to volunteers who had been part of its historic...

13.08.2026 60

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'I'm a Criminal': Making Sense of BJP's Rap Video on PM Modi

On August 4, 2026, at 7.03 pm, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) posted an unusual 33-second-long video on its official X handle with visuals of Prime...

06.08.2026 80

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New Delhi's Day of Violence Was Also One of Courage and Hope

इतना भी मत डराओ कि डर ही खत्म हो जाए। Don’t frighten people so much that they stop being...

21.07.2026 70

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'If They Can Do This To a Scientist Like Wangchuk, What Hope Is There For Us Students?': Jantar Mantar Resonates With Anger

Listen to this article: New Delhi: At around 7 am on July 18, a posse of plainclothesmen claiming to be doctors entered the Cockroach Janta Party...

18.07.2026 50

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'We Are Fasting So People Find Courage Within Themselves Again': Voices from Jantar Mantar

Listen to this article: New Delhi: “I feel so guilty.” It is not a phrase one hears too often at a public protest. Yet I have been hearing it with...

17.07.2026 60

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'We Are Asking For Tarpaulins, Not a Gaganyaan': Voices from CJP Protest at Jantar Mantar

Listen to this article: New Delhi: It is Day 20 of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar and Day 11 of their hunger strike. The...

10.07.2026 80

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'The Govt's Initiatives Are Like the Titanic – Here Today, Sunk Tomorrow': Voices From Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar is showing no signs of losing steam.  Dismissed by many as a temporary flash in a Gen Z...

07.07.2026 70

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'If This Government Changes, Maybe My Children Will Get Jobs One Day': Voices From the 'Crowd' at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Protest sites may be physically demanding places to be, but they are uniquely inspiring spectacles of democracy in action. The ongoing...

01.07.2026 70

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Anthropic blackout: This is what strategic AI dependence looks like

Identifying areas that are critical for strategic independence and investing deeply in them will be far more effective than trying to do everything at...

19.06.2026 50

Indian Express

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Anthropic blackout: This is what strategic AI dependence looks like

19.06.2026 50

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Anthropic blackout: This is what strategic AI dependence looks like

19.06.2026 50

Indian Express

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What the Parents of Exam-Giving Children In India Should Consider

Listen to this article: Dear Parents of Children Who Recently Gave CBSE and/or NEET exams, This is a difficult time for many of you. I sympathise. As...

03.06.2026 60

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How India is Failing its Students

Listen to this article: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the...

28.05.2026 100

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What Becomes of Modi's Legacy Once the Propaganda Fades?

Listen to this article: The Chinese philosopher Confucius taught that virtue is revealed by conduct, not by self-proclamation. Nowhere is that insight...

19.04.2026 70

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A Reality Check From the Gen Z

Listen to this article: In a time of darkness and despair, it is easy to make sweeping generalisations about the state of the world. It is easy to...

05.04.2026 90

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In Memory of Anjel Chakma, a Candlelight Vigil in Delhi

02.01.2026 60

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To Those Who Persecute Christians

25.12.2025 100

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