Young people have revived the country’s glorious tradition of nonviolent dissent.

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Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.

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More than 25,000 police officers were deployed across New Delhi recently to prevent demonstrations led by India’s new youth-led political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Government authorities had denied the CJP permission to protest on public-order grounds. The ensuing security operation saw the authorities shut one in six metro stations in the capital, barricade […]

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