‘I will die for this cause’: how India’s cockroach meme became the biggest challenge to Modi’s grip on power

As the poster bearing the face of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was thrown to the floor, a cheer went up. Then came the feet, trampling the image into the muddy ground with gleeful abandon. “Thief, thief,” chanted the crowd. Just a week earlier,... [9964 chars]