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The Prime Minister's Independence Day address reflects the flavour of the season, but the larger question is whether youth discontent will be viewed merely as an issue of jobs, education and technology, or whether the government is willing to understand it as a deeper demand for accountability and responsiveness

Real victory will come only when the system itself becomes more transparent, inclusive, and accountable

True reform lies not in individual resignations, but in reforming the institutions that failed

If political disputes are settled on the streets, the role of parliamentary institutions in a representative democracy comes into question

The exit of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, whose resignation was the key demand of the protesters led by the Cockroach Janata Party, should now pave the way for sincere effort to tackle the larger issue of education reforms

The Modi government's response to the protests in India's national capital has been disappointing, following a familiar playbook of denial, callousness, repression and misrepresentation