‘Cockroaches’ Threatening Modi?

 ​Protests and mass detentions are sweeping through India, as the world’s largest democracy is rocked by major demonstrations. More than a dozen leaders of the CJP – India’s youth-led “cockroach party” were detained today, after they jumped police barricades and joined the protests. Could this Gen-Z-led movement be the biggest threat to Modi, after more than a decade in power? Mujib Mashal is South Asia Bureau Chief for The New York Times, and he joins the show from New Delhi. Also on today’s show: Director Whitney White and actor Patina Miller, “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play”; former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices