Cockroach Janta Party – A Turning Point for a Dying Democracy?
09 July 2026 | Nivedita Menon | Kafila
As I was leaving the protest site of the Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar where I had gone to express solidarity – on July 5th, the sixteenth day of the struggle – a young man who had also just stepped out, approached me to ask the way to the nearest Metro station. I was not sure myself, so I suggested he feed it into the map on his phone, which he was holding. He laughed and said “hum gaanv se hain, lagta hai ki kisi se poochna hi achha hai.” (I’m from the village, I always feel it’s better to ask someone)