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How India’s Gen Z Protests Inspired Gen Alpha

NYT World Thursday 08 October 2026, 07:00 UTC By Nailah Morgan, Ahmer Khan and Jon Hazell 1 min read
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India’s youngest students are staging sit-ins and protesting the run-down conditions of their schools, drawing inspiration from the Gen Z protests that roiled the country this summer.

India’s youngest students are staging sit-ins and protesting the run-down conditions of their schools, drawing inspiration from the Gen Z protests that roiled the country this summer.
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