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Today's Topics:

   1. Read: "The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z Movement in
      India" (Vivek Pinto)
   2. Schedule for Saturday 30th May 2026 (CCR TV)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 19:57:37 +0900
From: Vivek Pinto <[email protected]>
To: Goanet <[email protected]>
Subject: [Goanet] Read: "The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z
	Movement in India"
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>?'What if all cockroaches came together?' He was responding to comments a
day earlier from India?s chief justice, Surya Kant, who referred to young
and unemployed Indians as cockroaches who, failing to secure jobs, end up
complaining on social media or becoming activists and criticizing the
system."

>"But beyond the laughs, the instantaneous embrace of Mr. Dipke?s message tells
a bigger story of the bleak mood of many young Indians who are struggling
to find jobs, even though the country has been the world?s fastest-growing
large economy
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/business/india-economy-gdp.html> four
years in a row."

>?'There is this underlying feeling among them that the current political
system just does not care about them, be it the government party or the
opposition,' Mr. Dipke, who is currently in the United States, said in an
interview."

>"The rate of unemployment for people aged between 15 and 29 ? more than a
quarter of India?s population ? was roughly 10 percent last year, far
higher than the overall unemployment rate of around 3 percent, according to
India?s 2025 Periodic Labor Force Survey."

>"Last week, Indian government officials directed X to block the ?Cockroach
Janta Party? handle, citing a threat to national security, according to
Indian media reports. Mr. Dipke created a second handle, 'Cockroach is
Back,' which remains active. (Under Indian law, social media companies
operating in the country must take down content that could pose a risk to
national security.)
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By: Anupreeta Das - Reporting from New Delhi
Published in: *The New York Times*
Date: May 28, 2026
Abhijeet Dipke?s 'Cockroach Janta Party' has emerged as the unexpected
voice of young people feeling let down by the government and struggling to
find jobs.


Until a couple of weeks ago, Abhijeet Dipke was one of thousands of Indian
students in the United States with a fresh graduate degree in hand, seeking
a job. Then, a cockroach changed his life.

It started with a question that Mr. Dipke, a 30-year-old graduate of the
public relations program at Boston University, posted on X on May 16: ?What
if all cockroaches came together?? He was responding to comments a day
earlier from India?s chief justice, Surya Kant, who referred to young and
unemployed Indians as cockroaches who, failing to secure jobs, end up
complaining on social media or becoming activists and criticizing the
system.

Encouraged by thousands of replies endorsing his call to action, Mr. Dipke
started the ?Cockroach Janta Party? ? janta means ?the public? in Hindi ?
as a joke, with its own website <https://cockroachjantaparty.org/>, built
in two hours with help from A.I. and friends. The goal was to create a
movement for young people ?who keep getting called lazy, chronically
online, and ? most recently ? cockroaches,? the mission statement read.
?The rest is satire.?

Tens of millions of young people joined the movement, eager to turn a
perceived insult into an emblem of pride. Within days, some of the C.J.P.?s
accounts had more social media followers than India?s biggest political
parties. But beyond the laughs, the instantaneous embrace of Mr. Dipke?s
message tells a bigger story of the bleak mood of many young Indians who
are struggling to find jobs, even though the country has been the
world?s fastest-growing
large economy
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/business/india-economy-gdp.html> four
years in a row.

C.J.P., which now has more than one million registered members, also seeks
to give voice to people who feel overlooked by what they call a corrupt
government. ?We are here to ask ? loudly, repeatedly, in writing ? where
the money went,? the website reads.

?There is this underlying feeling among them that the current political
system just does not care about them, be it the government party or the
opposition,? Mr. Dipke, who is currently in the United States, said in an
interview.

The rate of unemployment for people aged between 15 and 29 ? more than a
quarter of India?s population ? was roughly 10 percent last year, far
higher than the overall unemployment rate of around 3 percent, according to
India?s 2025 Periodic Labor Force Survey.

Competition for jobs is fierce in both the private and government sectors.
In 2022, 10 million people competed for 35,000 railway jobs, according to
the state-owned Indian Railways.

Roopak Yadav, 22, has a bachelor?s degree but is working as a delivery
person in Delhi for Swiggy, a popular online platform.

?I am not doing this because I want to, obviously,? Mr. Yadav said.

?Who is getting jobs? No one. We are all going to die as delivery partners.?

For a generation brought up on the story of India?s global promise and
hungry for success, the educational system itself can be a letdown.

Just two days before Mr. Kant?s comments, more than two million students
who took India?s biggest entrance exam for medical school on May 3 were
told those results would be voided, amid allegations of a leak involving
exam questions. Those students will have to retake the exam.

Mr. Dipke said disbelief and disappointment at Mr. Kant?s comments drove
him to write the X post. In a hearing, the judge had launched into a
broadside about ?youngsters like cockroaches who don?t get any employment,?
some of whom turn to social media and activism and start ?attacking
everyone.?

Mr. Kant later said it was ?totally baseless? to suggest that he criticized
the nation?s youth.

Last week, Indian government officials directed X to block the ?Cockroach
Janta Party? handle, citing a threat to national security, according to
Indian media reports. Mr. Dipke created a second handle, ?Cockroach is
Back,? which remains active. (Under Indian law, social media companies
operating in the country must take down content that could pose a risk to
national security.)

Mr. Dipke called the move ?ridiculous,? but he has appealed to supporters
to engage only in peaceful protests. The nascent movement has drawn some
comparisons to student revolutions in Bangladesh
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/world/asia/bangladesh-election-students.html>
 and Nepal
<https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/asia/nepal-gen-z-revolution.html>
that
toppled governments, amid brutal, deadly crackdowns.

He previously volunteered for the Aam Aadmi Party, which campaigns on an
anti-corruption platform. That has created ammunition for political rivals,
including Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr. Dipke said the C.J.P. would remain independent.

As its first action, the party is circulating a petition calling for the
resignation of India?s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, under whose
watch the recent medical school exam was allegedly mishandled. As of
Thursday, the petition had gathered around nearly 800,000 signatures of the
targeted one million, according to the C.J.P.?s website.

Mr. Pradhan has said the government is committed to fixing the system.

Mr. Dipke said he plans to keep ?cockroach? in the party?s name as a
reminder that the insect, which arouses visceral disgust in many people, is
also nearly indestructible. ?What was thrown at them as an insult, now they
are carrying it with pride,? he said of the C.J.P.?s members.
Hari Kumar and Pragati K.B. contributed reporting.
Anupreeta Das covers India and South Asia for The Times. She is based in
New Delhi.


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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 23:18:09 +0530
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Subject: [Goanet] Schedule for Saturday 30th May 2026
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Schedule for Saturday 30th May 2026

12:00 AM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

12:23 AM
Jesus Heals - a talk by Fr. Saturnino Colaco

12:53 AM
Hymns - St Anthony's H.S. Majorda

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani

1:45 AM
Bhagiancher Niyall VIII - Br Malvino Alfonso  ocd

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

2:22 AM
Concert - Famous Nobodies

3:32 AM
Snake Bites - A Panel Discussion with Dr. Jorson, Dr. Wiseman and Dr.
Silvano - Hosted by Jovito

4:32 AM
Hope and New Beginnings - Talk by Francis Fernandes

5:03 AM
God or Nothing - Talk by Fr Jose D'Souza OFM

5:32 AM
Way of the Cross -Chorao Parish

6:15 AM
Prophetic Intercession 1 - Cyril John

6:40 AM
Bapaichea Kallza Bhaxen - A talk by Fr Ashley Alphonso

7:00 AM
Leaders Camp - Day 3 - Praise and Worship led by Ivy Ferrao - SJVSRC, Old
Goa

7:07 AM
Morning Music - Hymns - Fr Seville

7:37 AM
Devachem Utor - 1 Samuel - Avesvor 11 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

7:43 AM
Koxtt - Talk by Gaurish Naik

8:17 AM
Experiencing God's love - Talk by Fr Ken  Barker MGL

8:47 AM
Faith Walk with Fr. Cranston Vaz - Hosted by Viency Cardozo

9:17 AM
Guilt and Self Hatred - Talk by Fr Abraham sj

9:46 AM
Catholic Quiz - St.Francis Xavier conducted by Mysticka Deniz

10:01 AM
Rosary of St Joseph Vaz

10:23 AM
Heads Held High - Season 2 - Episode 02 - St. Anthony?s High School, Amblai
Panchwadi, Ponda, Goa

10:54 AM
Creative Strokes - Yolanda De Souza

11:22 AM
Angelus - English

11:24 AM
Intercessions

11:30 AM
Mass in English

12:15 PM
Daily Flash / Jivitacho Prokas

12:18 PM
Kids Programme - What's on Your Mind ? - Episode 2

12:30 PM
Leaders Camp 2024 -Day 2-Talk-How We Can Spread The Good News P.2 - Colin
Calmiano - SJVSRC, Old Goa

1:41 PM
Goal Post Ep 1 - Derrick Pereira interviewed by Jovito Lopes

2:24 PM
Phishing in Troubled Waters - FED-EX scam - PI Vidyanand Pawar interviewed
by Daniel F. De Souza

3:00 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:10 PM
Laity and the World - Fr Subhash Anand

3:47 PM
Let us live in Meekness with all - Fr Peter Michael CSSR

4:00 PM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

4:23 PM
Prayer - Memorare - Read by Prof. Nicholas D'Souza

4:25 PM
Bible Project - Gospel of Mark in brief

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 2

5:07 PM
Goenche Tarvotti - Loyson Pereira interviewed by Daniel F. de Souza

5:57 PM
Hymn - Sonvsarachi Ranni- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

6:00 PM
Mass in Konkani

6:45 PM
The Holy Eucharist - Talk By Msgr. Alex Rebello

7:21 PM
Bible Stories - Eps 68 -  Jephthah makes a rash promise

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

7:52 PM
Prayer - Ugdas Kor (Memorare) - Read by Prof. Nicholas D'Souza

7:54 PM
Aimorechen Magnnem

7:57 PM
Prayer to St Joseph By Pope Francis (Konkani)

8:00 PM
XINPY?NTLIM  M?TYAM - Bhag 532 - KALLING - Fr. Pratap Naik SJ

8:08 PM
Devachem Utor - 1 Samuel - Avesvor 12 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

8:17 PM
Yadnik ani Dharmikam koxim, sonvsarak Jezu Borea Gonvlliacho rupkar zaum-ia
- Fr. Aaron Magalhaes

8:45 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:00 PM
Adoration - Fr Henry Falcao SJVRC

9:43 PM
Sant Antonicho Svadik Naad, Majorda - Traditional Category - 58th All Goa
State Level Mando Festival

9:55 PM
Falling in Love - Game Plan for Love - Hosted by Judie D'Cunha

10:26 PM
Abundant Life - Broken Crayons can still Colour -Prof  Nicholas D'Souza

10:56 PM
Devachea Mogachi Khobor - Ines Demello

11:25 PM
The Eucharist in Daily Life - Talk by Godfrey Pereira

11:54 PM
Song - Aradhana - Justina and Brian Colaco

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