Dear Students,
I read this interesting paragraph (see below), taken from the daily Gzero newsletter, and thought it might interest, amuse and most likely anger you.
Apart from that, I'm trying to do my bit (not much really, but online English classes) for the NGO, Academic Solidarity with Palestine: https://academicsolidaritywithpalestine.org/
Any/all help is welcome. :-)
Kind regards,
Nicholas Sowels
India’s disgruntled youth are becoming cockroaches
A Kafkaesque political metamorphosis is unfolding across India as millions of disaffected Gen Z’ers are turning into cockroaches – that is, members of the new Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The party, an online protest movement created by a 30-year-old recent graduate from Boston University (in the United States), was inspired by India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant, who called jobless young people “cockroaches.” It has swiftly amassed tens of millions of followers on Instagram and more than a million registered members, drawing support from young, educated Indians struggling to find work even as the country’s GDP surges. The government has tried to stamp out the infestation, even ordering X to block the CJP handle on national security grounds. But, true to form, roaches are hard to kill – the party simply created a new account that remains active. Analysts say the party won’t have a direct political impact unless it builds an offline presence, but its emergence signals a deep youth frustration that India’s traditional parties ignore at their peril.
