South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.
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**The ‘cockroach’ in the machine: How Gen Z is rattling South Asia’s elites****South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.**
# The 'cockroach' in the machine: How Gen Z is rattling South Asia's elites
A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporter shouts slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday during the ongoing protest to demand the resignation of India's education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. **Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images******hide caption****
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_Šumit Ganguly is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.