On Saturday in Delhi. After more than a month of students camping out at Jantar Mantar under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP as everyone has started calling them, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation. And almost right after that, the government began taking steps to clear the protest site
Climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk has finally broken his 26-day hunger strike. He did it late on Thursday night, July 23, 2026, while lying in a hospital bed at Medanta in Gurugram. Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh were contemporary, along with leaders from the Leh Apex Body. For weeks the country had
On July 23, this quiet but fierce guy from Ladakh ended his 26-day hunger strike at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. And right there in the room with him were Union Ministers JP Nadda and Dr. Jitendra Singh. No big drama, just him sipping something nourishing, looking tired but at peace, with his wife Gitanjali by
Right now, that’s Sonam Wangchuk for me. This gentle but incredibly strong man from Ladakh has been on a hunger strike for more than three weeks, and yesterday he reached out with such a kind, reasonable offer: he’ll stop fasting right away if the government simply promises that the young students and protesters won’t face
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This time, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has pushed back with some straight talk that’s got everyone talking. He basically said our students deserve a whole lot more than just loud outrage from the Congress party. It all kicked off with the NEET-UG 2026 exam. Over two million young people sat for it back in
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It’s one of those stories that feels raw, frustrating, and deeply personal for so many young Indians right now. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) — this youth-driven, satirical protest movement that’s blown up online and on the streets — has been camping out at Jantar Mantar, demanding real accountability over the mess in our education
At the 72nd National Film Awards announced just a couple of days ago, it became the first-ever Garhwali film to win the Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for Best Garhwali Film. For the hills of Uttarakhand, this is huge – like a dream come true for so many local artists and storytellers. The film is about
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Sonam Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali Angmo. Here’s a man who has spent years dreaming up ways to help his Himalayan community survive—building ice stupas that store water for farmers, inspiring millions through his work and even a bit of Bollywood magic in 3 Idiots —now lying weak in a hospital bed after weeks of
Sonam Wangchuk, that quiet but fiercely determined climate activist and educator from Ladakh, is on his 20th day of an indefinite hunger strike. And the crowd around him? It’s not shrinking – it’s swelling with voices from across the opposition, students, farmers, and ordinary folks who are fed up with the mess in our education
The whole IIT-to-Ivy League hustle – then this latest news from there is something we all need to chat about properly. The Americans are changing the game on student visas big time. They’re basically putting a timer on how long foreign students can stick around, capping it at around four years. No more of that
