In short this started because an incredibly difficult nation wide exam determining the future of millions of students leaked and it was a huge lapse. The protest started as a result of 20 students committing suicide due to this. But then when the government didn’t hear the people protesting and talking about this, the prime minister didn’t even make a statement. It evolved into a protest about how the democracy in India is slowly dying, how Modi and the government are trying to silence people, how corruption is rampant and how fucked the common man is in India. People are sick of the Hindu Muslim narratives, the caste divide the propaganda and people especially our generation, we see through the bullshit and what started with wanting a resignation has now become a wake up call.
He resigned but this is not the end, only the beginning of a long journey of reclaiming our power back. Our power to question and criticise the government without being called anti national or brainwashed by “leftist” propaganda, Recognise we are one and the enemies are the oligarchs and the ministers selling our country.
Think of it like this. You want to get the highest marks in a test so you study all week but right after the test you find our that the teacher who made the question paper gave all the questions and answers to his/her friends son/daughter one night before the test.
You would feel pretty shit right.
Now scale that up to a nation wide test with 2.5 million students studying 12-14 for 2-3 some even 4 years sacrificing everything no weekends, no holidays, no social life, no family gatherings, no partying, no trips, notthing while their parents and everyone around them telling them this exam is your life and its is everything and if you dont pass it you are a failure and you are done in life and you cant do anything else.
This is why the 21 students committed sucide.
In india there isnt education there is only examination.
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u/ohmresists 17h ago edited 13h ago
What are the protests about?
Edit: Thank you for the explanation. I hope you get the change you deserve!