Inside India's broken jobs market and why the 'cockroaches' are fed up

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis transformed an ordinary man into a giant insect to explore alienation, helplessness and the dehumanising pressures of modern life.More than a century later, India's self-styled Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has adopted a similarly unsettling symbol, not to tell a work of fiction, but to express the frustrations of a generation increasingly unsure whether years of education, expensive coaching and relentless competition will ever translate into a stable job.What began as a social media sensation with a strong and straightforward satirical structure, quickly evolved into one of the country's biggest youth-led movements in recent years.Calling itself the "voice of the lazy and unemployed," the movement grew from memes mocking joblessness, paper leaks, inflation and the political establishment into street protests.The protest may have become a trigger for a generation already grappling with shrinking employment opportunities, rising educational costs and growing uncertainty about the future.And at its heart…