# She was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave home

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-20T06:30:18+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/this-is-india-student-protests-abuse-modi-cockroach-protests
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/she-was-harassed-for-crude-remarks-about-modi-at-a-cockroach-protest-n-755505/

​After a protest clip went viral, a teenager’s life was torn apart by threats that sent her and her family into hiding. Plus, a book on citizen journalism Before 24 July, a person I will call R was preoccupied with the ordinary routines of teenage life: experimenting with makeup, grumbling over mathematics homework and hanging out with friends at a tea stall. That month, as the fever of student pr

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