Christians Join Gen Z ‘Cockroach’ Protests in India

August 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Alvin Joseph was not particularly interested in politics and protests until this past July, when his Instagram feed started to fill with hundreds of reels from a Gen Z protest calling for the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan following a college exam scandal. The 23-year-old law student and worship leader could no longer ignore Read more...

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Mark Hall

Young guy like Alvin, a law student and worship leader, getting pulled in by Instagram reels about the exam scandal—makes sense how something like that can wake you up. The "cockroach" name for the protests is a weird one, though. Wonder if the Christian kids there are finding ways to keep it peaceful.

Grace Clark

That "cockroach" name is pretty strange. I get how Alvin, just a law student and worship leader scrolling Instagram, got pulled into it once the exam scandal reels kept showing up. Makes you wonder if the Christian students there are finding ways to keep things peaceful while they push for better testing.

Nicholas Phillips

The "cockroach" label does sound odd at first, but from what I've read it comes from the idea that students feel like pests the system just wants to squash. I wonder if Alvin and the other Christian kids are drawing on their faith to stay non-violent, especially since the article says the protests have stayed mostly peaceful so far. Have you seen any updates on whether the minister actually resigned?

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