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How Abhijeet Dipke became the face of India’s first Gen Z protest movement

Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party, gestures to the supporters of the party during a sit-in protest in New Delhi on Monday.

Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party, gestures to the supporters of the party during a sit-in protest in New Delhi on Monday. | REUTERS

By Tora Agarwala
REUTERS

Jul 24, 2026

NEW DELHI – They were just six words posted on X in a moment of frustration:

“What if all cockroaches come together?” Now, its 30-year-old author, Abhijeet Dipke, is the face of what is arguably India’s biggest street protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government since he took office in 2014.

The political communications strategist’s post, sent on May 16, was initially a witty response to comments by Supreme Court Judge Surya Kant, likening India’s unemployed youth in a speech to “cockroaches.”

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By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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