From ‘cockroach’ post to protest leader: India's Dipke tests Modi government

Thirty-one-year-old Dipke, born into a Dalit family on the lower rungs of India’s caste system, has emerged as a protest leader challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Dipke shot to national prominence earlier this year following a viral six-word online response. His post was a direct reaction to remarks made by Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant, who had likened unemployed Indian youth to “cockroaches.”