South Asia

“Hope Is a Muscle”: Neha Bora on her 23 day hunger strike at India’s ‘Cockroach Protests’

In the summer of 2026, the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant unwittingly triggered the launch of a powerful peoples’ movement when he referred...

The lost generation: The unfinished education of Rohingya youth in Bangladeshi refugee camps

Every morning in dozens of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, thousands of young Rohingya people wake up with the same hopes that students everywhere carry. They...

India’s cockroach movement brought down a minister. Bringing real reform will be much harder

Over the past few weeks, young people have mobilised to protest India’s broken education system, against the background of a shortage of job opportunities. The...

How Much Surveillance Is Worth 250 Rupees an Hour?

A 25-year-old woman named Rani, living in Chennai, spends most of her day doing the same household chores expected of millions of Indian women:...

The Uprising of Indian Youth: A Photo Series

On 20th July 2026, thousands gathered in Delhi for the Sanad Chalo March, from Jantar Mantar to the Parliament. Led by the satirical Cockroach...

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