‘Honest leaders are the first step to a better future’: Cockroach hunger striker targets India’s political class
Sonam Wangchuk’s fast was spark that drove youth protest movement – and now he wants to cleanse the political system For 26 days, India watched as Sonam Wangchuk wasted away. His hunger strike, held in solidarity with India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically consequential fasts held in the country’s modern history. Many in the country view the gruelling fast, which beg
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Sonam Wangchuk’s fast was spark that drove youth protest movement – and now he wants to cleanse the political system For 26 days, India watched as Sonam Wangchuk wasted away. His hunger strike, held in solidarity with India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically consequential fasts held in the country’s modern history. Many in the country view the gruelling fast, which beg
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‘Honest leaders are the first step to a better future’: Cockroach hunger striker targets India’s political class
Sonam Wangchuk’s fast was spark that drove youth protest movement – and now he wants to cleanse the political system For 26 days, India watched as Sonam Wangchuk wasted away. His hunger strike, held in solidarity with India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically consequential fasts held in the country’s modern history. Many in the country view the gruelling fast, which beg
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