For weeks, a man starved himself in the middle of Delhi, in protest of exam irregularities that had already upended the lives of countless students in India. The smear campaign against Wangchuk and protestorsEx Education Minister Pradhan’s early response to that pressure was to call the protesters, Wangchuk included, a “B-team of disruptive elements.” Wangchuk’s fast lasted 26 days and ended with a resignation. When he protested in Delhi, protests spread across the country, and eventually a minister resigned. Wangchuk’s fast seems to have worked in the end, because Delhi is a place the country cannot look away from.