{"id":92710,"date":"2026-08-09T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92710"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:11:22","slug":"cockroach-protests-parents-of-indian-students-who-took-their-own-lives-reveal-pressure-of-leaked-exam-papers-and-resits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/09\/cockroach-protests-parents-of-indian-students-who-took-their-own-lives-reveal-pressure-of-leaked-exam-papers-and-resits\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockroach protests: Parents of Indian students who took their own lives reveal pressure of leaked exam papers and resits"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA29H5ck.img?w=768&h=615&m=6&x=152&y=274&s=777&d=483\" alt=\"Supporters of the Cockroach Janta party call for the government to be held accountable for exam leaks during a protest in New Delhi. Photograph: Rajat Gupta\/EPA\" width=\"614\" height=\"492\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the Indian government announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/25\/dharmendra-pradhan-india-education-minister-resigns-cockroach-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">the resignation of its education minister<\/a> in late July after weeks of protest, there were widespread celebrations.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/cockroach-protests-parents-of-indian-students-who-took-their-own-lives-reveal-pressure-of-leaked-exam-papers-and-resits\/ar-AA29GyNX?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=eb6f45026a034fd1dde7ad407b16cb85&ei=7\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>When the Indian government announced\u00a0the resignation of its education minister in late July after weeks of protest, there were widespread celebrations.\u00a0 Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/India-cockroaches.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92711,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92710\/revisions\/92711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}