Malory Scholars

you will never understand the anger of knowing that when you are inevitably wrongfully publicly executed by the gestapo you will not be reported, revered, or even remembered simply because of the color of your skin. so instead you ignore us and perpetuate the problem because you are uncomfortable when we are not about you.

also i just know rocky is seething whenever he tries to talk about his feelings but the translator spits out some crude, chewed-up oversimplification of his confession that can still be reasonably construed as platonic. which grace absolutely does.

rocky: you are half of me, and i want us to be so inexplicably intertwined that it's hard to tell where i end and where you begin. love is too small of a word to encompass the depth of what i feel for you

translator: rocky love grace

"Nothing will change"

"Speaking up doesn't matter, just learn to accept it"

Gen Z, I am so proud. I love you. I love you for always defying norms. They call us difficult, too sensitive, too opinionated. Now, we have shown them what a spine looks like. This is what a victory feels like. DHARMENDRA PRADHAN FINALLY RESIGNS WITH THE BLOOD OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS IN HAND.

We have done this. Done this without the support of traditional media. But we must remember one win for democracy is not enough. I wish the students who suffered so much because of this issue, find a better future, and I wish those who are no more with us, find peace.

Let's remember, this is just the start of questioning. Economy is still falling, Manipur is still burning, farmers are still dying. Countless questions, we have to keep asking till they're bound to reply.

I thank sincerely all those who attended the protest, those who faced police brutality. Thank you. Thank you for doing this.

And finally, I'd like to appreciate Abhijeet Dipke. You might not support him, or agree with him, but you must acknowledge that he left his luxurious life in America, KNOWING he could've been arrested, just to start something like this in India. Yes it started with him but was carried on by the people, still I have to respect someone who could've chosen to keep this a satire, but somebody who chose accountability.

Thank You Students, Protestors, and thank you Babasaheb for the constitution. Thank you, India.

Yours sincerely,

we should demand nitin gadkari's resignation for forcing us to use his diluted petrol to fund his son's ethanol passion project.

we should demand nirmala sitharaman's resignation for the mishandling of MSME and her unapologetic and tone deaf remarks. along with the fact that the gdp has been constatntly falling under her with the value of the rupee.

we should demand the resignation of the cji for his gross negligence toward the police brutality faced by students on 20th july in jantar mantar.

we should demand a trial against narendra modi for the godhra incident, for crimes against humanity.

I REPEAT, DHARMENDRA PRADHAN HAS RESIGNED

everyone needs to hear about the situation in india right now. the youth of this nation are going through hell and back to protect the foundations that our country was built on in the first place, while the adults who are supposed to actually be in charge try to silence our voices.

NEET, which is an exam taken by millions of students per year and is the ONLY gateway for medical admissions across the country, had its papers leaked. so many took their lives because this exam meant everything for their future. and NTA, the agency who conducts this exam, was not held accountable.

there was national backlash. cockroach janta party (initially a satirical political party formed by abhijeet dipke in retaliation to the remarks of the chief justice of india calling the youth "cockroaches" and "parasites of society") started protests at jantar mantar, demanding the resignation of the union education minister, dharmendra pradhan. the movement also asked for ten million inr (~100,000 usd) in compensation for the families of students who died by suicide and wanted NTA be held accountable.

sonam wangchuk, a climate activist and education reformer, also went on a hunger strike at jantar mantar to protest against this corruption in india's higher education system. his fast began on june 28, demanding the resignation of the union education minister. his fast lasted for 20 days until delhi police FORCIBLY removed him and admitted him to safdarjung hospital on july 18.

because of this, cockroach janta party announced "chalo sansad," a march to the parliament beginning on june 20th, 9:00 am ist. but the police seems to be responding with water cannons, mobile jammers, and baton charge. all of this, because of a peaceful protest led by people no older than 30.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

as for nadda "feeding" him... wangchuk ended his 26-day fast because the government agreed to key conditions, including that peaceful student protesters wouldn't face retaliation. he's 59. after nearly a month without food, i was relieved he finally broke his fast.

and pakistan being created in 1947 doesn't make religious polarisation in india any less of a problem. partition happened because british india was divided into india and pakistan after years of political conflict, communal violence, and the muslim league's demand for a separate state. india didn't become a hindu state, it adopted a secular constitution, and tens of millions of muslims remained in india as equal citizens. that's the country it chose to be.

i never said pakistan or bangladesh are models to follow. they're both deeply flawed, and discrimination against religious minorities there is wrong. criticising religious majoritarianism in those countries doesn't stop me from criticising it in india too.

and yes, the muslim league viewed congress as a "hindu" party. that doesn't change the fact that independent india consciously chose to be a secular republic rather than define citizenship by religion. that's the standard i'm holding it to. our constitution is the standard im holding on to.

i also never said the rss created partition. i said the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, and that religion has become increasingly central to electoral politics in recent years. whether it's speeches invoking hindu-muslim divisions, the political symbolism around the ram mandir, or debates surrounding the caa and nrc, religion is undeniably a major part of political mobilisation today. you can argue that's justified or necessary, but it's hard to argue it isn't happening.

and no, i'm not saying "india is uniquely religiously polarised." i'm saying it's becoming more religiously polarised than it should be for a secular republic. those are two completely different claims. pointing out problems in pakistan or bangladesh doesn't make problems in india disappear. we should be able to expect better from all three.

my goal wasn't to say "india = america" or that hindu nationalism is identical to american evangelical nationalism. they're different movements with different histories. the comparison was about the political use of religion as a tool for mobilisation, not that they're literally the same phenomenon with the same outcomes.

the reason i wrote the post at all is because i felt like hardly anyone outside india was talking about what was happening. indian media coverage of issues like the neet paper leak protests, sonam wangchuk's fast, and student demonstrations was far more limited than the attention given to many other stories, and i wanted people who don't follow indian politics to know these things were happening.

idk how to feel about all these because as hopeful i feel for these movement and however fortunate i am to be a part of this (indirectly for now, I've not joined the protests physically yet), can we really expect these power and money greedy people currently handling our entire country, to change?

a prominent change in the whole industry and system is severely needed.

We need more educated and less criminal minded politicians and ministers. We need people who build companies to benefit the society and not to just be rich by unfair means like tax evasion. We need to be that generation that puts making things better before our own happiness and lives and however immense that pressure feels, if it's not now it's never.

The reason I'm writing this message is solely to ask for a few words of hope and assurance that things will be right and WE WILL make things right.

please give these (me included) cockroaches some pieces of hope.

of course we can.

i was 11 when modi came to power. at 14 i was already asking why we elected someone without a proper education over someone with a degree from cambridge. i kept asking questions. for years i watched things get ignored: farmers dying by suicide, manipur burning, unemployment hitting record highs, trans rights threatened, manipulated media, bulldozer politics, rupee falling, religious hate.

but look at right now.

this is the biggest youth protest india has seen in decades. and what's shifted isn't just the politics, it's the people around me. friends who were hardcore right leaning are commenting under modi's posts calling him out. people who bullied my friends in college for being left leaning are now standing on the same side.

about the dream gap, it is depressing but that's the hand we've been dealt, and that's what we have to work with. more and more problems have famously led to big big revolutions.

will this specific protest force pradhan to resign tomorrow? i don't know. but nobody who watched these last few weeks is going to forget it when they're standing in a voting booth. this protest has raised doubt and doubt leads to questions which this government is famous for avoiding. we've already seen the shift. it's shaky, yes. but it's real. we do need a lot of changes but changes only happen when people speak up.

this is happening while protests are simultaneously erupting in pune, lucknow, amritsar, hyderabad, bangalore, jaipur, mumbai and dozens of districts across india. tens of thousands of people on the streets. france 24 and cnn have called this the biggest protest movement against this government in years.

the government itself has clarified that these protests have no outside forces or foreign interference involved, this is entirely student-led, entirely about exam paper leaks and a minister who refuses to resign. so if there are no outside forces, no foreign hand, no terrorist links, then why are students being treated like this? why is a sit-in being met with baton charges, tear gas, a 21 year old in the icu, internet shutdowns in a 1.5km radius, 17 metro stations closed, facial recognition running on crowds, food being blocked, and nsa powers, laws designed for national security threats, being activated against people, against students?

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

the congress president mallikarjun kharge said in parliament: "students have been beaten. the government is attempting to stifle dissent." samajwadi party mp dimple yadav said "today will be remembered as a black day for democracy." even some of the police who carried out the orders apparently looked ashamed. that's how wrong this was.

and through all of it the prime minister has not held a single open press conference in over a decade in power. not one.

what you can do right now:

if you are not going to the protests — and most of us can't — please send an email. right now. it takes two minutes.

[email protected]

[email protected]

demand the resignation of education minister dharmendra pradhan. you don't have to write anything long. "i am writing to demand the resignation of dharmendra pradhan over the NEET paper leak and the violence against peaceful protesters on july 20, 2026" is enough.

if you want to support the people on the ground: volunteers at the protest site need supplies. you can send things through blinkit to the jantar mantar / kerala house area, or get in contact with someone there and coordinate directly. the local gurudwara has been housing and feeding many of the protesters — donations there go directly to people who need it. you can also donate to

sachkhandfoundation4073@icici

students were beaten to death at a peaceful protest in delhi.

let that sit for a second.

they weren't throwing anything. they weren't rioting. they were sitting in the scorching july heat asking for one thing, accountability for a leaked exam that destroyed lakhs of futures. and the government sent in police with batons.

minors were beaten. children. women. civilians.

sonam wangchuk is on day 24 of a hunger strike. our government forcefully detained him in front of everyone.

we are not okay. india is not okay.

racism against indians is at an all time high globally. we get mocked for how we live. britain spent 200 years extracting wealth from india. our own government spent the last decade doing the same thing, we are mocked for the poverty that was built for us by the people who now look down on us for it.

our media won't cover any of this. it was bought. the ruling party owns the narrative and anyone who challenges it gets raided, jailed, or beaten.

they declared themselves gods (literally they did, their faces edited over gods). they are using violence against children to prove it.

i am asking international media to look at india right now.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.