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The youth jobs crisis fuelling India’s Cockroach Janta Party protests
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Krisis pekerjaan kaum muda yang memicu protes Partai Janta Kumbang di India

The youth jobs crisis fuelling India’s Cockroach Janta Party protests

Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Economist Rosa Abraham talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about a new youth protest movement whose symbol is a cockroach.

Ekonom Rosa Abraham berbicara kepada podcast The Conversation Weekly tentang gerakan protes pemuda baru yang simbolnya adalah kumbang.

A new youth protest movement in India that started as online satire is now staging an ongoing sit-in in New Delhi calling for the resignation of India’s education minister.

Gerakan protes pemuda baru di India yang dimulai sebagai satir daring kini menggelar aksi duduk berkelanjutan di New Delhi menuntut pengunduran diri menteri pendidikan India.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched in late May by Abhijeet Dipke, a graduate of Boston University, in response to alleged comments by India’s chief justice, Surya Kant, comparing unemployed young Indians to cockroaches. Kant later clarified his comments and said he’d been misquoted.

Partai Janta Kecoa (CJP) diluncurkan pada akhir Mei oleh Abhijeet Dipke, lulusan Boston University, sebagai tanggapan atas komentar dugaan dari hakim agung India, Surya Kant, yang membandingkan pemuda India yang menganggur dengan kecoak. Kant kemudian mengklarifikasi komentarnya dan mengatakan bahwa ia telah disalah kutip.

Dipke launched a parody political party, calling on all cockroaches to unite, which led to street protests in cities including Delhi, Pune, Jaipur and Bengaluru.

Dipke meluncurkan partai politik parodi, menyerukan semua kecoak untuk bersatu, yang menyebabkan protes jalanan di kota-kota termasuk Delhi, Pune, Jaipur, dan Bengaluru.

The CJP latched onto mounting anger in India at a series of issues affecting exams, including the secondary school leaving exam, which has affected thousands of people and been linked to suicides. But the movement has also tapped into the anger of a generation of graduates who’ve done everything right but still can’t find work that matches their aspirations.

CJP memanfaatkan kemarahan yang meningkat di India atas serangkaian masalah yang memengaruhi ujian, termasuk ujian kelulusan sekolah menengah, yang telah memengaruhi ribuan orang dan dikaitkan dengan bunuh diri. Namun gerakan ini juga menyentuh kemarahan generasi lulusan yang telah melakukan segalanya dengan benar tetapi masih belum dapat menemukan pekerjaan yang sesuai dengan aspirasi mereka.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, economist Rosa Abraham at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru, explains how India’s jobs crisis is fuelling this new youth protest movement.

Dalam episode The Conversation Weekly ini, ekonom Rosa Abraham dari Azim Premji University di Bengaluru, menjelaskan bagaimana krisis pekerjaan India memicu gerakan protes pemuda baru ini.

Lead author of the State of Working India report, an annual review of labour issues in the country, Abraham says the comparison with cockroaches “was seen as an insult to a generation which has felt like institutions, the state, the private sector has failed them”.

Penulis utama laporan State of Working India, tinjauan tahunan masalah tenaga kerja di negara itu, Abraham mengatakan perbandingan dengan kecoak “dipandang sebagai penghinaan bagi generasi yang merasa bahwa institusi, negara, dan sektor swasta telah mengecewakannya”.

There were 63 million graduates in India between the ages of 20-29 in 2023, and around 11 million of them were unemployed. Abraham says that the lack of political response to the jobs crisis means “you’re seeing this kind of simmering discontent, which has always been in the background, which is now finding these release valves through movements like … the CJP”.

Pada tahun 2023, terdapat 63 juta lulusan di India berusia antara 20-29 tahun, dan sekitar 11 juta dari mereka menganggur. Abraham mengatakan bahwa kurangnya respons politik terhadap krisis pekerjaan berarti “Anda melihat semacam ketidakpuasan yang mendidih ini, yang selalu ada di latar belakang, yang sekarang menemukan katup pelepas melalui gerakan seperti… CJP”.

Listen to Abraham talk about the reasons behind India’s youth jobs crisis on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Dengarkan Abraham berbicara tentang alasan di balik krisis pekerjaan pemuda India di podcast The Conversation Weekly.

This episode of The Conversation Weekly was written and produced by Gemma Ware and Mend Mariwany. Mixing by Eleanor Brezzi and theme music by Neeta Sarl.

Episode The Conversation Weekly ini ditulis dan diproduksi oleh Gemma Ware dan Mend Mariwany. Mixing oleh Eleanor Brezzi dan musik tema oleh Neeta Sarl.

Newsclips in this episode from WI ON, DW News, CNA, BBC News India, CNN-News18, NDTV, peeinghuman via Instagram and The Indian Express.

Klip berita dalam episode ini dari WI ON, DW News, CNA, BBC News India, CNN-News18, NDTV, peeinghuman melalui Instagram, dan The Indian Express.

Listen to The Conversation Weekly via any of the apps listed above, download it directly via our RSS feed or find out how else to listen here. A transcript of this episode is available via the Apple Podcasts or Spotify apps.

Dengarkan The Conversation Weekly melalui salah satu aplikasi yang terdaftar di atas, unduh langsung melalui feed RSS kami, atau cari tahu cara mendengarkannya di sini. Transkrip episode ini tersedia melalui aplikasi Apple Podcasts atau Spotify.

Rosa Abraham has received funding from the Institute for What Works to Advance Gender Equality and from the National Council for Applied Economic Research.

Rosa Abraham menerima pendanaan dari Institute for What Works to Advance Gender Equality dan dari National Council for Applied Economic Research.

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