Omkar Khandekar

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34 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 25 Jul

Omkar Khandekar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So for weeks now, Indian youth have been demanding the resignation of its education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan.

In May, questions for the entrance exam for India's medical colleges had leaked.

This meant more than 2 million aspiring doctors had to retake the exam that they spent years prepping for.

Now, such leaks have happened for years.

So for many, this was the final straw.

Their protest started in early June with a few hundred people at a protest site in central Delhi.

But since then, it seems like their number has multiplied every day.

In fact, when I went to the Delhi protest site last night, it felt like a carnival.

People were out on dates or with their families.

They were chanting slogans, making videos for social media.

Some wore Batman masks to evade surveillance cameras.

And one group had reworked a popular love song to mock the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

So he's saying Modi has robbed the country.

Modi has let down the students.

And as one poster pointed out, and I quote, they messed with the wrong generation.

So on the face of it, this is a protest for educational reforms.

But folks also tell me that they are tired of the corruption, unemployment and the rising cost of living.

Now, India has struggled to create jobs even before the Modi government was sworn in 12 years ago.

But economist Rosa Abraham says this has been getting worse.

Well, first, they vilified the protesters.

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