Satire, social media and the rebellion of India’s Gen Z | Narendra Modi

When the chief justice of India called young, unemployed people “cockroaches”, he could not have imagined that the term would be transformed into an online insult group: the Cockroach Janta Party. CJP quickly spread, gaining millions of followers. The move reflects Gen Z’s frustration with the lack of jobs, the education system and the lack of free expression space in India.

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