Why political fury is boiling over on the streets of India’s capital
The exam system has long been mired in controversy, including exam paper leaks and technical failures, placing a crushing burden on students and financial strain on families investing everything in their children Anger increased over the weekend after a prominent Indian activist, Sonam Wangchuk, who was on a hunger strike in support of the movement, was removed from the protest site and taken to hospital.
New Delhi — For days the streets and parks in the center of India’s capital have seethed with the biggest demonstrations it has seen in years as young protesters demand change to a national exam system they say cheats millions of them out of a fair chance.
And on Tuesday, the protesters – many showing the wounds suffered at the hands of the police – returned to Jantar Mantar, a 300-year-old observatory surrounded by a large, open park, and rebuilt the makeshift camp that has served as their headquarters.
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