Either culpable or incompetent
This article criticizes the Indian government's response to student-led protests regarding education reform and paper leaks. The author alleges that authorities used excessive and unconstitutional force against peaceful demonstrators in Delhi and Bihar.
Why it matters
The piece highlights significant civil unrest and concerns regarding government accountability, police conduct, and the protection of democratic rights in India.
On July 20, 2026, India’s young people came together to demand a fair education system and accountability for paper leaks.
These young women and men came from every caste, class, region and religion. They were brave enough to demand justice, wise enough to know their Constitutional rights, tender enough to laugh at their own turmoil, and earnest enough to believe that they could fight and win.
The nation watched the protesters in awe, as they sang, danced, laughed, held hands and stood together. Their resistance gave voice to the pain both of their own generation, and of crores of Indians who are suffering but have been silenced by fear.
The protests carried forward India’s proud legacy of peaceful resistance, a tradition which won it independence and is protected by Article 19 of the Constitution.
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