The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government

印度政府面前的“蟑螂”行军

Today in Focus

2026-07-24

25 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, the cockroaches marching on India's government.

  • Decisions made in Washington can affect your portfolio every day.

  • But what policy changes should investors be watching?

  • Washington Wise is an original podcast from Charles Schwab

  • that unpacks the stories making news in Washington right now and how they may affect your finances and portfolio.

  • Listen at schwab.com slash Washington Wise.

  • The Guardian South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Peterson

  • was at home in Delhi on Sunday when her phone started blowing up.

  • I'd actually been receiving WhatsApps all night by lots of young people I know just saying,

  • come down, it's amazing here.

  • Here was the heart of India's capital, where protesters were gathering in a park in New Delhi's government district.

  • And so I set out around 7am.

  • Headed down into central Delhi, already the roads were closed.

  • By the time you got to the centre of the city, your phone internet stopped working.

  • As I drove around the city, you could just see people pouring in from everywhere, from the metro stations.

  • People were using auto rickshaws to get around the police barriers.

  • You know, it just got bigger and bigger and bigger.

  • Protesting in India can be a risky business.

  • But this time, the demonstrators were too furious to care,