India's 'Cockroach' student movement shakes up national education system

NPR | By Omkar Khandekar,

Scott Simon

Published July 25, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT

Protests in India are growing as the government and the Cockroach Janta ("People's") Party negotiate over reforms to the education system.

Omkar Khandekar

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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