Five days later, Pradhan resigned, a victory for India’s Gen Z protesters and a loss of face for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist government has long crushed dissent. They shot Instagram reels of themselves at the demonstrations, prompting other Christians like Joseph to join. A recent college graduate from India living in Boston inadvertently made it a rallying cry, joking on social media, “What if all cockroaches came together?” The government’s decision to block CJP’s account on the social media site X backfired as a new page with even more followers sprang up. Social media users, particularly Gen Z, piled on memes, takedowns, and AI slop videos.