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PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER INDIA ARE ORDERING FOOD THROUGH DELIVERY AGENTS FOR DELHI STUDENTS.
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u/RememberThisHouse 17h ago
I need some kinda context for the story and the caps
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u/Mahaleck 16h ago
Protests are happening in India because rich people keep getting official exams leaked to them and poor people get screwed over (simple summary, obviously there’s more to it so Google it to learn more if interested)
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u/wonkytrees1 16h ago
Like stock tips in the U.S. lol what babdkn timeline.
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u/IBJON 14h ago
I'd argue that it's a bit worse than that. If my rich neighbor gets insider info, he gets richer while my life remains mostly the same.
But with what's going on in India, the rich kid gets one of a limited number of spots in medical school (I'm fuzzy on the details, but I believe this is the case) while the poor kid basically loses all chance at a better life after dedicating years of their life to studying and preparing for this exam
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u/imaginedaydream 14h ago
Probably the poor kid will make a better doctor with morals
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u/KDLGates 14h ago
This would be correct except now the number of dedicated poors succeeding in making doctor is massively reduced by the number of leak boosted students.
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u/Utsider 13h ago
Thats .. what they're saying.
For the patients, the real issue is that they will be treated by doctors who are not actually qualified to do their jobs.
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u/KDLGates 13h ago
Yeah. It might have gone a bit woosh over my head if they were already saying the kid who got their chance stolen would have been the better doctor, too. So it's not just ruining the dedicated pre-physician's life goal, which is already horrible, but ruining the care to the public too.
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u/ovrlrd1377 7h ago
Its a bit optimistic to think they would be a significant part of the doctors if the game is rigged like that
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u/Rich-Personality-194 11h ago
Yea but the poor kid never becomes a doctor now, because they cannot afford the private education. These govt entrance exams are for the top of the line colleges which offer less fees for top ranks.
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u/spacedude2000 9h ago
Your second point is completely valid and I totally agree. However, I have to contest your first point: your life might remain mostly the same, but the amount of grift happening at the top of the pyramid is systematically pulling everyone else (without insight/forknowledge) down. At the surface level, your neighbor being a glorified thief isn't so bad on its own.
But there's hundreds of thousands of thieves all over America, and they aren't in jail because they steal from you little by little every day.
The wealth inequality in this country is a testament to this - a huge portion of the richest of the rich, made their fortune directly from grift and misdeeds. We are all poorer because of the money they have taken from our pockets - of the hundreds of millions in America that are not rich, almost everyone would become richer if we nerfed the grift.
My point here is that we cannot downplay the amount of wealth theft happening in the United States and the entirety of the west - it is as bad (if not worse) as the Indian university inequality issue in question.
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u/sha_I_tan 7h ago
To add, these spots are really limited, taking India's population into consideration. Also 20 kids killed themselves when the paper was leaked and exam cancelled.
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u/DemonstrateHighValue 15h ago
What? You are too poor to afford the truth premium tier?
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u/dudeitshickey 15h ago
We're living in a reality that doesn't require /s after that. I hate it
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u/RoadSmash 15h ago
That doesn't explain this post though
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u/u10501k 15h ago
Protest been happening in delhi regarding paper leak and asking for resignation of education minister. On 20th there was a march to the parliament which became violent with cops using expired teargas and buton attacks on students. After the march protestors regrouped in jantar madir( designated protest site) and ppl from all over the country who couldn't come but are in support of the movement are sending supplies through online delivery options.
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u/chaneg 15h ago
Something similar happened in Russia to keep undesirables (mainly Jews) outside of their top schools.
They would instead give a different entrance exam that was extremely difficult but every problem had a very simple solution to ensure that if anyone complained an elegant solution could be produced on the spot.
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u/u10501k 15h ago
Wouldn't there be training institutes for students to practice these questions. I mean in india every gov exams are similar, 100 question in 60 min( for some test)so students have to learn the short cuts throught these institutes.
But i guess theres more context to it. Did the ppl protest?
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u/Plastic_Round_8707 14h ago
It's not about keeping one group out of the admission process, it's simple powerful, rich people are supporting this corruption, NEET( country wide doctor admision exam) and several others got leaked before the exam and questions got sold offline and online ( via telegram). That's why as well govt banned telegram temporarily during re examination.
Protest is mainly due to demanding resignation of the education minister, who failed to officially acknowledge and take responsibility.
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u/u10501k 14h ago
I was asking the guy above what happened in russia. Im well aware of whats happening in india.
And yes, it is frustrating to me especially coz ive written a gov exam only to see reddit post of its anwer key being spread through telegram. Rich undeserving incompetent folks getting what should be earned fairly. Fuck the system.
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u/chaneg 12h ago edited 12h ago
There was a paper on solving these questions and it took an entire summer of elite students with guidance from professors to solve about half an exam.
It wasn’t for decades after was this known because the questions used to discriminate look benign and not that different from a fair question.
Also, the world was just much less connected back then. The thought of a training institute built to help Jews and political outcasts get into a top Russian university by predicting they would use an unfair rigged test and playing the part of an underdog to ace it anyway is ridiculous.
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u/rockstar283 14h ago
These training/counseling institutes bribed the officials and leaked the paper. AFAIK Chine doesn’t have official training institutes which I love.
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u/TheDeclineOfAll 13h ago
That's how it started, but it turned into a statement about inequality and corruption.
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u/batman47007 14h ago
Because of this exam leak situation, 20+ students committed suicide, since they couldn't bear to go through the struggle of preparing for the exams again, and instead of taking ANY sort of accountability for this, the current party in power has been completely silent.
Besides this, Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant called the Youth of India "Cockroaches", which led to the formation of the party called CJP (Cockroach Janta Party) as a mockery to BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party), and they are spearheading the movement for resignation of the education minister, with a prominent figure called Sonam Wangchuk going on a hunger strike for 20 days, which ended with the police forcefully picking him up from the protest site, and them not letting him meet his own family too.
All of this basically led to people being extremely fed up of the government, leading to this protest.
Edit: CJP isn't an actual political party (as far as I understand), more of a thing where people got tired of being called terrible things by people in power whp themselves don't do jackshit with that power, and instead just abuse it to their own benefit.
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u/ThlnBillyBoy 12h ago
In another thread I read that for some it truly was a one in a lifetime opportunity logistically as well, because of the cost of travel and not being able to make it in time, because of the distance.
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u/batman47007 11h ago
Yeah it basically decides the fate of anyone who wants to become a doctor in this country, and also decides how your entire future would go. Rich people paying to get papers leaked in advance not only helps their children claim higher ranks which helps with good college placement (something they rarely actually take advantage of to become good doctors), it ruins any future prospects for poor people who bet everything on this.
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u/GreenPickledToad 14h ago
Internet jammers have been put in place near Jantar Mantar, so that news doesn't come out. This is why you see so much help from people not there, because they can order food for the protesters.
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u/Ashamed_Ability_6649 14h ago
Well, the title explains the rest. People from all over the country are getting food delivered to the protesters in support of them.
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u/The_Sitdown_Gun 14h ago
I just was in Vancouver waterfronts for biz trip and saw bunch of Indian students protesting. Wonder if related (probably)
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u/thatguy8856 15h ago
I dont see the problem. Its a good life lesson to learn the rich will always have advantages over you. ./s (partial sarcasm cause its true)
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u/Key_Investment_6818 13h ago
It's funny how it was supposed to be a protest for that but now it has completely moved away from it
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u/twiltywilty 14h ago edited 11h ago
The medical entrance exam in India, called NEET, for which aspirants typically study 10+ hours a day, sometimes for 1-3 years because there are millions applying & only limited seats, happened on May 3. Many parents stretch their resources thin or even take loans in order to pay for their kids' entrance preparation. However, there were allegations of a question paper leak & the exam was cancelled on May 12 & set for a later date. These are 17-18 year old kids we're talking about, and this is one of those intense exams that take everything out of you.
Around 14 kids committed suicide after the exam was cancelled. Education activist Sonam Wangchuk went on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the resignation of the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The right-wing government in power did not respond, but on the 21st day when his condition was getting critical, forcibly removed him to a hospital.
Now, the CJP, or the Cockroach Janta Party is a political group that was formed recently, comprising mainly of GenZ & millennials, after the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India likened the youth to cockroaches, thereby dehumanizing them. CJP has continued the protest in Delhi, India's capital, demanding the resignation of the education minister, compensation for the families of the deceased students, the release of Sonam Wangchuk, and other reforms.
Tens of thousands of people, including students & the general public who want accountability & reform turned up, and it has become a massive movement. It was a peaceful protest, but the government responded by unleashing violence, deploying cops & beating up the protestors with long batons, injuring many. Areas are cordoned off, restricting movement & access. So people across India are sending food & water to the thousands participating in the protests. Doctors & lawyers are also on the ground offering their services.
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u/Bitter_Spray_6880 13h ago
Isn't the exam being canceled is good? Because that mean people who get leaked test can't take advantage of it and they probably do it at later date?... or am i wrong?
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u/twiltywilty 13h ago
It's not good because kids give it their all for years, they finally relax only to be told their tireless effort was in vain & they have to restart preparations. When the stakes are this high, the government & the education department should have ensured the exam didn't leak in the first place.
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u/fluffybunnywoof 13h ago
Im not understanding this fully. So the exam has set questions that people study for for a very long time. And since the exam was delayed and the questions were changed, the subjects they studied are not the ones in the current exam?
But shouldn't the themes be unknown anyway? So you study for overall examination, and study the subjects. Basicly what im asking is, shouldn't it not matter that the exam questions changed since the examinees have studied the overall subject not the question?
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u/mggirard13 13h ago
As an analogy, recently there was a Master Sommelier exam that one of the Masters leaked the blind tasting selections to at least one candidate, the end result being many candidates got ahold of the selections and passed the exam.
This exam is historically difficult and often takes multiple attempts to pass, years apart. It takes years of direct, hands-on experience tasting all varietals of wine from all over the world to be able to pass the blind tasting.
An abnormally high pass rate resulted in the leak being discovered, and everyone who passed was disqualified and had to retest a year or so later. Obviously some candidates passed legitimately, but were stripped of their achievement and had to retest, and almost certainly some of those may not have passed the next time around.
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u/ppboi41 13h ago
yeah but it is still tiring for atudents and this isnt a single event many exams have been leaked under this govt, also frustrations over ruppee falling, gas prices increasing corruption in the govt and modi not caring about anyone has lead all the youth to pour into streets also the judiciary and the media is also in modi’s pockets
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u/Kay_jey_kay_jey 12h ago
True. There is also the element of the fact that, lot of srudents live in remote villagez who travel long distance, stay overnight in a paid loge to appear for exam.
Dude to which, re-examination would also mean, a lot of parents will now need to pay again for the bus and train tickets, staying cost etc.
And then there is another factor with specficially women. The delay in exams often cause friction and a lot of orthodox, poor or misogistinic family see this un-precedencted delay as a resoan to not let the girls child re-appear for exams and belive, marrying them off would be a better of their time.
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u/Kay_jey_kay_jey 12h ago
Apart from this, there is also the fact that, the Education minister owns the software the check the OMR uploaded response.
And this software seems to be having really bad accuracy, which mean, students who hand checked theie results scored arround 600/700 , while the software resulted in 40/700.
And when for copied of the correction. The inages are clearly photoshopped ( repeating sno , weong time stamp, bkurrly images etc ).
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u/tanay2k 12h ago
i think theres some misunderstanding. the students had to give the exam, and it was revealed later that the scores for this exam would be cancelled because of the leak, and they'd have to retake the new examination.
this exam only happens once a year and takes the life out of you. to give the exam once, have the scores nullified and give it again later is a lot of toll on 17yo.
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u/TheDeclineOfAll 13h ago
They are likely scared that what happened in Nepal will happen in India. Wish the cockroaches the best!
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u/dragerslay 16h ago
There was a scandal where a bigwig at a major university was leaking test answers for money and it was being covered up due to governmental connections. Those exams are like the SATs but much more competitive and important, people commit suicide every year over getting bad results while the kids of the rich and powerful have been getting the answers and cheating. This has snowballed as local police have tried to shutdown protests and protests have escalated in violence.
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u/_head_ 17h ago
Right? I have no idea what's going on here. Are the Delhi students hungry?
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u/Individual_Length_32 16h ago edited 16h ago
Millions of students give medical entrance exam every year. They prepare for years for it. Papers were leaked to people with money & public is not satisfied with actions by government. 22 students committed suicide when they came to know. (Edit : I added information about scanned answersheet system which was implemented inefficiently & resulted in inaccurate marks for high school students & since it is not main point of protest I have deleted that). But there hasn't been any educational reform or accountability.
So students started protesting but police is beating them up, sexually harassing female protestors, using tear gas etc. All this when students are peaceful protestors. Media is not reporting it properly. Government is not allowing the matter to be discussed in parliament. They are arresting politicians supporting protest. So there's just more & more anger.
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u/DeeSnarl 17h ago
They’re protesting.
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u/Bogey_Yogi 16h ago
Protesting what?
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u/gearstars 16h ago
Massive corruption. Notably for education has become "pay to play" where university test answers are being leaked for profit, so the children of well monied interests are given a substantial leg up to be the top scorers with tests and those without means are left behind
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u/DanoDego 16h ago
From what I understand, many students have committed suicide after studying relentlessly to pass these exams and for only a selected amount to even be accepted after passing — and the spots obviously go to the rich people who paid for it and not the student who has no backup plan…
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u/VictorTheCutie 16h ago
Wow that really bodes well for their healthcare system 🫠
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u/gearstars 16h ago
Yah, maybe, maybe not, idk, I'm pretty lit and I'm just regurgitating the gist of what other people on reddit have been saying the last few days. Don't trust a drunk in a telephone game, I think jesus said that.
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u/A_BlueBanana 8h ago
Maybe I’m slow, but how does the massive amounts of food relate?
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u/LoudPick9766 8h ago
People who can't join the protest for various reasons are showing their support by sending food through delivery apps to the designated protest site.
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u/akamanah17 6h ago
There's a protest going on in India against the central government over leaks of competitive exam question papers (think SAT). Now while the primary protest is happenning in Delhi (with chapters in other major cities), not everyone can give up their live and reach Delhi to join the protest. But the people want to support and help the protestors in any way they can. The protest grew organically and given the government crackdown, there is not enough supply of food and water so what the people from the rest of the country are doing is that they are placing online orders of food and water for the protest site (think Doordash) and asking the person making the delivery to hand the packages over to any protestor they see - people they don't even know.
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u/Broken_Infinity 4h ago
India conducts massive nationwide entrance examinations for students to avail admission in Medical, Engineering and other courses. Students who earn high scores qualify for highly subsidized admission fees (I’m talking going from paying 1.2 million INR for a seat to 60K).
The most recent NEET (Medical Entrance Test) paper was leaked and resulted in a re-test. Because of the pressures and tension students face to write this test just once, the re-test caused a lot of students to take extreme steps, and the difference in results of the first test and the re-test caused other students intense mental turmoil.
People are protesting for the Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, to step down from his post as there is no accountability or responsibility from the government regarding the paper leaks that occur almost every year and greatly affect students’ lives and careers.
The protest started with educationalist and reformer, Sonam Wangchuk declaring that he would not eat till the Minister resigned at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, and is ongoing.
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u/Evening-Volume-1022 16h ago
I feel this is as same as Aragalaya happened in Sri Lanka 2022. I hope Indian youth can change their political culture for good. Not stick with traditional political parties.
Wish all the very best from my heart,
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask5538 15h ago
Already in states there are regional parties emerging but nationwide change is tough as only two parties have such big organisation.
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u/SDLKSMI 15h ago
There aren’t two parties except for on paper. The ruling party has bought, cajoled, and threatened several of the opposition leaders to join them over the years.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask5538 10h ago
Agreed. I meant to say nationally only two coalitions NDA and UPA led by BJP or Congress respectively.
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u/Evening-Volume-1022 11h ago
Dont say like that, in SL, party which had just 3 seats in the parliament now have 2/3 majority. When people change, it happens automatically. Just hope this next politicians will be accountable to people.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask5538 10h ago edited 10h ago
Brother, there's a difference between SL and India in population diversity across regional nd political dimensions, from north to south east to west each region has crazy divergence of issues. Even the sheer size of country is too big to have such domino effect and elections happen in 5 years, as per the constitution. Scale and diversity is too much or country will break apart so can't do that here.
Also, SL changes happened when the country was on the verge of economic collapse and India's situation is not yet there and BJP is gonna be ousted constitutionally in coming elections - first statewide and then nationally.
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u/SnooSprouts6610 15h ago
Govt will ban delivery apps next time in jantar mantar 🤣🤣🤣 won't be surprised if they do it
They can threaten them to show no delivery available in jantar mantar area they can stoop so low
Next time when you vote do know what you are getting into like how companies do background check Do check your politicians
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u/SnooSprouts6610 13h ago
You can order little bit far and ask rider to give order here and pay him some tip 👍
He must be student working extra for hustle and mostly youth works who are frustrated so he will deliver there try 1 2 km far and ask if they can give there
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u/SnooSprouts6610 13h ago
It is showing Due to excess demand
Don't worry gurudwara is there they have power to start langar right there itself if none of app works. Let's see till how much time it shows excess demand
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u/SnooSprouts6610 14h ago
Then people will setup stall there and prepare food there itself
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u/thegodfather0504 12h ago
Not possible. High profile area with asshole cops.
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u/Over_Comparison_7616 7h ago
my brother in christ theres a protest happening, no cop is stopping me.
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u/yashvone 3h ago
they're not used to work so hard, taking time off to relax probably
read thatmilitary forces from borders have been called in to Delhi today
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u/SnooSprouts6610 12h ago
Even they have dhara there no assembly of 5 but still people are assembled
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u/SnooSprouts6610 13h ago
Try amazon now, flipkart minutes , big basket , Swiggy Instamart , zepto , blinkit , bistro etc
Try all something will work
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u/Medical_Sandwich_141 12h ago
I genuinely want to know the percentage of youth that truly believed that this regime, for the 3rd time, was on the people's side.
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u/SnooSprouts6610 12h ago
Even if they did but now they have destroyed there votebank and it is incompetent govt which is not able to stop the protest before it grow to violence and these things With peace dilogue they could have stopped it in time and everyone will be happy no one likes these things
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u/Artistic_Swing6759 11h ago
i wont really blame all of it on them, i think most, if not all, vote and think bjp is the best because of there parents.
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u/frankie_in_paradise 11h ago
Context: Students here are protesting against the education minister and asking for reforms. Many others have joined them. It's become an India wide thing.
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u/Exciting_Ad_9219 16h ago
I too sent food yesterday
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u/ScoreUnique 12h ago
How do you do this? How is it organised? I live abroad and would love to contribute from here if possible
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u/Accomplished_Ad1684 12h ago
Like there are a few local delivery apps (zomato, Swiggy etc). Choose any outlet and food near "Jantar Mantar" (the protest site) and order at the same address. There are volunteers ready to receive them. However afaik the official page has now put up that currently their requirements are fulfilled and they'd update if they need more!
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u/ValWillKay 5h ago
Can you give me a link for the page that gives updates? I want to help if needed.
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u/Accomplished_Ad1684 5h ago
I think links are not allowed here, you could search "Cockroach Janta Party" on insta. It's the one with 24.9 mn followers. Thanks!
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u/Gullible-Hose4180 11h ago
What does sending food do? Who is the recipient and how does it help? Im not skeptical, just curious to learn more about this protest as it looks like a very important event to a huge number of people, but the media in my country still hasnt picked it up, so just wondering how it works.
Good on you for caring about your fellow citizens!
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u/SHAGGYOop 11h ago
A large number of people have gathered at the protest site. Many people stay there for hours, especially the ones who have organized the protest stay there from morning to night. So, the food is basically for everyone there who wants to eat. People who can't physically be present there are sending food to show their support.
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u/Gullible-Hose4180 11h ago
Oh, can't believe that didnt occur to me. That's really thoughtful and super cool to see people helping remotely like that. I hope they get the reforms they need and bless you for donating!
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u/Artistic_Swing6759 10h ago
i am not that well informed(specially because i have not been there personally), but allow me to still try to answer,
1. What does sending food do? the protesters have come from all over india. many have been there for a month already. not all, but a fare majority also come from quite poor background, thus they can't afford a hotel to stay in, thus spend the nights on the road side. sending food(and perhaps more importantly, medical supplies.) helps them not have to look around for it, specially for those who can't afford it. a 100,000 people were there yesterday if i remember correctly, so yeah there is a lot of them.
Who is the recipient and how does it help? kind of answered this in last para, but majorly-
(a) students
(b) family of students
(c) people who are just very frustrated with what the government has been doing.even most of our media(media as in news channels.) hadn't picked this up and many have still not. those who have are framing it as either a pakistani/us/chinese attempt to destablize india or religion based.
i doubt foreigners would really be able to send food directly, else than that, a lot of people in india are donating by giving it to a person online who is going there. but i would recommend to be carefull as you can't trust everyone over the internet.
it is indeed a very big, and imo important moment for every one in india. 16 years ago, in 2014, an action simillar to this led to congress finally lossing(congress(its name of a political party) had been continuously in power for a very long time) and bjp(the current rulling party. in all elections following 2014, and including 2014, bjp has won.) winning. now it seems like bjp is the one which needs to be replaced.
the spirit of democracy is based on that the rulling party have to be carefull about what they do as they might not win next time. and when a political party stays over a decade in power, its no surprise that they get corrupt to brim, and take there seat for granted.also don't let my political opinion's paint the picture of protest, many protesters still support bjp but want the resignation of the education minister.
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u/badgersana 9h ago
Whats the story behind the protest?
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u/ValWillKay 6h ago
In India we have some very important exams which can determine a students future. Rich people and politicians often give bribes in order to get access to the exam papers beforehand so their children can get an advantage. Recently, because these leaks became public knowledge, the exam results were cancelled (for over 2 million students). Over 20 students have committed suicide due to the events surrounding this exam and millions are angry.
It is worth noting that this is not a one off event, but rather an example of widespread corruption in India.
Students and their family members have been protesting at a place called Jantar Mantar at the capital, demanding the resignation of the education minister and for the government to engage with their demands. The ruling government has responded by sending the police to beat them with canes and tear gas and arresting the opposition party’s leaders who attempted to protest in support of the students.
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u/Judgement915 17h ago
PLEASE DON’T YELL AT ME, IM VERY SENSITIVE.
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u/Five-Oh-Vicryl 16h ago
That’s an impressive amount of Delhi-very. Hold your applause - I’m here all night.
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u/BassVity 16h ago
There's actually a courier company named Delhivery
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u/Rayon13 15h ago
And a $5B logistics company at that.
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u/ashrashrashr 15h ago
Still garbage. I wouldn’t trust them to deliver fake news.
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u/NoOccasion4759 16h ago
how is this being distributed
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u/summercloudsadness 15h ago
They just drop the food there,people will just come and take it. Saw a post from one of the main protestors telling people that they can stop ordering them food for now because they got more than enough at the point. People all over the country are sending them food with the recipient space filled as "anyone protesting at the Jantar Mantar site".
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u/Rudrox 15h ago edited 6h ago
India has actually good delievery apps and guys who will come and wait at your door and give you food or groceries/general store items directly in hand, after driving for potentially an hour+ if need be, they are using those and setting the delivery to where the protestors currently are.
To note, in the past the few times that food and stuff was found to have been eaten or stolen, or times when delivery guys misbehaved there was major controversy and pushback, and it's pretty easy to get a refund or replacement as long as you're willing to wait on the customer service portal if there is an issue like a missing, damaged or wrong item.
Most grocery stuff comes in under 15 minutes and food under 45 (due too cooking and packing time), though it varies due to distance and traffic, usually via some variety of 2 wheeler, commonly a electric or petrol bike or a scooter.
This applies for most delievery apps by the way, most will always give in hand, or give to your building security in the case of Amazon and companies similar to them if you aren't there or if they are unsure of which apartment exactly, though still in hand usually, and for the food and groceries apps it's always in hand.
Edit: Who is downvoting me for providing context when it was asked for??? If it's cause y'all Americans have bad delievery stuff it ain't anyone else's fault.
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u/pew_laser_pew 6h ago
The delivery apps in India are miles ahead of anything in Canada/States, its insane.
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u/pronzz97 9h ago edited 6m ago
For context: India’s current government is not only corrupt, but revealing itself to be fascist. The media is bought. Anyone who speaks against the government is jailed or beaten up. Certain politicians have caused the deaths of innocents and refused accountability. Crowds of students are staging a peaceful protest to force one such politician to resign, but the government refuses to hear them out, and the police is in fact beating them up and using tear gas on them. The citizens who can’t be there in person are supporting the students by sending food deliveries while they protest. There is an urgent need for change.
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u/Logical_Art_8946 17h ago
The students are protesting. They're calling for the resignation of Education Minister over a university entrance exam fiasco (the aftermath of which an estimated 20 students unalived themselves)
Im assuming people are ordering the food to be delivered to the students so that they don't go hungry.
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u/retarded-hater 16h ago
over a university entrance exam
Needs better wording. Not just "a university entrance exam" but the only exam in the whole india through which one can take admission in mbbs
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u/random_chaos_coming 16h ago
What does that mean? If they fail is it a wait until next year issue or is it a forever problem? (Assume I know nothing)
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u/findingopinions 15h ago
I apologise in advance for the long comment but hope it provides context.
Consider this situation. 2 million aspiring doctors sit for the one and only entrance exam to MBBS colleges which requires intense studying, is once a year opportunity and has limited number of attempts. Passing this exam means a fixed number of students paas, based on their rank. Given the sheer amount of candidates, even a single mark changes the rank of the candidate drastically. Each year the kid fails the exam is another year of financial resources their family has to put up. For rich kids, meh, they have all the time and money in the world. For a financially backward student, this is their last hope to get out of the rut and do something which is considered very prestigious among everyone. Not only do they hope to make their parents proud but also wish to serve humanity and they take this exam again and again till the very last attempt.
Now with this background, imagine it is your last attempt. You gave your everything, you got satisfactory marks but you did not pass as you did not get the sufficient rank. With a heavy heart you think, that's fine, I probably should have studied harder. Then you read the news about the paper getting leaked to those students who have cleared the exam. Your blood starts to boil at the unfairness. Then you hear about the exam getting rescheduled due to this paper leak. You feel you get another chance but will this be the same as the one in which you got really good marks (compared to your previous attempts)? Will it be worth the wait? Still you prepare for this rescheduled exam. It didn't go as well. Or maybe something had happened before the exam because of which your mind was not in the right place. Or maybe the questions were really tough. You would be devastated. If only the paper had not leaked, you would have gotten a decent rank to apply to some colleges.
Now imagine the above with hundreds of thousands of students over the years. This paper has leaked 3 times over the past 5 years. The education minister received multiple suggestions over the years to improve the system from an official committee. Due to corruption, these were not implemented properly. That's why the protesters are demanding accountability and his resignation. The party of the current govt has been in power since the past 12 years and has quashed a lot of free speech (mostly against them), increased economic disparity and religious polarization. They need to change. They need to start taking accountability.
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u/Kudostone 10h ago
They should reserve med school spots for low SES and rural people like in NZ. Although, entrance should be via first year university papers net totalling a rank score +\- aptitude test (+\- interview), with those failing to rank sufficiently high requiring to complete their 3 year graduate degree and enter via the graduate pathway to medicine (which has its own reserved number of slots), rather than literally spending an entire year on what seems to be one big exam??
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u/PalpitationHot9375 9h ago
there are already caste and economic reservation in place which take up 60% of the seats cant really have any more reservation
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u/Kudostone 9h ago edited 9h ago
So low socioeconomic status applicants account for 60% of med school graduates in India? That’s globally unprecedented lol, impressive.
Edit: general first year applications are like 30% of entrees, and they don’t get to endlessly try at the same exam which sounds incredibly unfair not to mention low yield. The rest are reserved for certain ethnicities, low SES and rural, refugees
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u/retarded-hater 16h ago
Yes, they have to wait till next year.
This one exam rule for the whole india (where the population is 1.4+ billion) is stupid in itself and when it meets with things like paper leeks and corruption it becomes much more worse.
Kids start joining coaching and many different classes from like 6-7 grade so that they qualify for it. It's just very big mental hassle so students suicide (or you can say killed by this) when they don't succeed because their whole life was going around this single exam and they feel like a failure.
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u/MoonSentinel95 15h ago
They can only get into a college to earn a medical degree if they clear these exams with a good enough score.
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u/summercloudsadness 15h ago
Low ranks means you can only get private college admissions. Private college fees are so high,many families can't afford it. Exams leaked means undeserving people will take the top spots while you are left with two choices - either go bankrupt paying for private seats,or try again next year.
And trying next year is a problem too,you just can't self-study meanwhile. You have to go to a coaching center AGAIN and they all demand heavy sum as fee and not to mention having to go through the insane levels of stress again.
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u/showersinger 15h ago
Oh my goodness. That is so sad having 20 students do that. What a crazy unfair situation
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u/DipSoySauce 11h ago
there are way more student deaths. The last city I lived in had min 6 suicides because of these exam leaks last I heard but, the official count is only 1.
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u/Fast-Audience-6828 17h ago
Context?
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u/Silverbacks 17h ago
There’s massive protests going on. The leader of the opposition just got arrested for joining in. People are ordering food as a way to support them.
That’s all I know.
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u/Prime_Twister 12h ago
not to support the oppositon but to the thousands of students demanding the removal of the education minister for the leaking of the one of the largest entrance exam papers which also resulted in the suicide of more than 20 students as it basically dictates your future. While also demanding a full education system overhaul.
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u/MoonSentinel95 15h ago
Students are protesting against the absolute inaction of the government over the leak of an extremely competitive medical exams question papers.
The students were demanding accountability from the government by having the education minister resign. Govt didn't play ball, so students staged a peaceful protest for 20 straight days.
Then the government sicced their favorite bullies (the corrupt delhi police) on the students, who started breaking heads, slapping and assaulting women, teargassing and lathi charging unarmed students and peaceful civilians. Kids as young as 13 are on camera getting slapped by grown ass thugs that pass off as police officers.
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u/Fast-Audience-6828 13h ago
Thanks all the power to these kids what courageous students
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u/Plumblossonspice 12h ago
I think everyone had to resit their exams when this came out, and several vulnerable people (poor families etc) decided life was literally not worth living anymore (the stress) when this happened.
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u/CarmynRamy 13h ago
Citizens around the country are ordering food for the citizens on the ground protesting against corruption at the capital city.
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u/Afraid_Investment690 8h ago
OP never mentioned anything about protests and people in the comments are now clueless
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u/throw_blanket04 16h ago
What is the outside temp? You can’t just leave food sitting outside.
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u/BlahBlahBlah_3748 13h ago
There are thousands and thousands of people protesting there, food will get eaten at the same speed that it is getting delivered.
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u/Antigone6 6h ago
In every country, the common denominator for shit like this is the rich. They are the problem, as well as every piece of shit who lets it happen or profits from it.
Eat the rich.
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u/Much-Mess7627 12h ago
BJP is really smart and inhumane. I just hope they don't put something in their meal. If they can kill dissenters, they can do this.
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u/AE_WILLIAMS 13h ago
So -
Are you telling me all we have to do to end world hunger is tell people where to deliver the food?
Mind boggled.
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u/SpeedBlitzX 8h ago
I see this and assumed the title was going to be negative about India. But pleasantly surprised it isn't
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u/Crimson_Marksman 5h ago
Good luck India. We had a hell of a time dealing with it in Pakistan
To the point that when we actually resolved the case and people got in, they were considered way too weak.
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u/Tall-Dingo-5458 11h ago
Hopefully all this plastic won't end up in a river
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u/kittystalkerr 4h ago
People are volunteering to clean up the zone. People have also sent trash bags, medical supplies and other stuff along with food.
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u/CarmynRamy 12h ago edited 8h ago
For those asking for context:
Citizens around the country are ordering food for the citizens on the ground protesting against corruption at the capital city.
For more context:
People who are ordering the food online puts the following message, " Deliver to anyone protesting at the Jantar Mantar " (which is the protest site) in the recipient box of the delivery app.