cockroach
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The Indian journalist Varghese George describes the BJP’s confrontation with the cockroach protesters as a face-off between India’s older “WhatsApp generation” and the “Instagram generation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
India's youth-led "cockroach" movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, urged authorities on Monday to release all detained demonstrators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Supporters from across India are literally feeding "cockroach" education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
On Saturday, he returned to Delhi and organized the cockroach movement’s first street protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
A platoon of ants carried a dead cockroach sedately through the door, demonstrating what should be done with corpses.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Never mind the rats and cockroaches — it’s the churn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Last month, he posted a question on X: “What if all cockroaches came together?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
More than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches - some as big as the palm of a hand - have been seized by Australian authorities from a commercial breeder in New South Wales.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Photos showed one of the seized Madagascar cockroaches was almost big enough to completely cover the palm of an adult hand.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
He tried hard to remember what cockroaches ate.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
