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Shilpi Chhotray Young Indians are challenging the purge of voter rolls by Modi’s right-wing government. Shrishti Khanna, who was detained by Delhi police while covering the protests, explains. The post Inside India’s Gen Z Cockroach Janta Movement appeared first on The Nation .

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