Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, predicted that when he landed at Delhi airport he would be arrested and the protest he had planned would be banned. That might have sounded a bit dramatic for a man who, a month ago, was posting memes from his home in Boston, in America. But Mr Dipke has accidentally found himself at the helm of(掌舵，领导) a movement. His party, which began as a joke in response to a nasty comment made by the Supreme Court of India’s chief justice about the country’s jobless young, has attracted millions of followers. As it went viral(病毒式传播), the Indian government’s first response was to try to squash(镇压，压制) it.
蟑螂党的创始人阿比吉特·迪普克预测，当他降落在德里机场时会被捕，他计划的抗议活动将被禁止。对于一个一个月前还在美国波士顿家中发布网络模因的人来说，这听起来可能有点戏剧性。但迪普克先生意外地发现自己领导了一场运动。他的政党最初是作为对印度首席大法官关于该国失业青年的恶毒评论的玩笑而成立的，如今已吸引了数百万追随者。随着该运动病毒式传播，印度政府的第一个反应是试图将其扼杀。
Once Mr Dipke landed on June 6th, however, it became clear that the government had adroitly(熟练地，机敏地) changed tack(改变策略). The Delhi police swiftly granted him permission to hold the rally. A jetlagged Mr Dipke, a 30-year-old communications professional, proceeded to a protest site in central Delhi. By midday there were perhaps one or two thousand people there, mostly young, many filming themselves. They drummed and chanted slogans, calling for the education minister to resign because of scandals involving botched exams. Mr Dipke held aloft an autobiography by B.R. Ambedkar, a Dalit leader, and gave impromptu speeches that were inaudible(听不见的). At one point he appeared to faint, hardly surprising given the sweltering(酷热难耐的) heat.
然而，当迪普克先生于6月6日抵达时，政府显然巧妙地改变了策略。德里警方迅速批准他举行集会。这位30岁的通讯专业人士迪普克先生时差未倒，便前往德里市中心的一个抗议地点。到中午时分，那里大约有一两千人，多数是年轻人，许多人正在自拍。他们敲鼓并高呼口号，要求教育部长因考试舞弊丑闻辞职。迪普克先生高举达利特领袖B.R.安贝德卡的自传，即兴发表了几乎听不见的演讲。一度他看似要晕倒，考虑到酷热难耐，这并不奇怪。
The grievances that Mr Dipke has tapped into(利用，激发) run deep and wide. Like many young people across India, the protesters were angry about a lack of jobs and an education system that can often seem designed to crush their aspirations. Many complained that those in power are unaccountable(不负责任的，无问责的), and suppress dissent. Naveen, who had travelled from Jaipur, said the problem was not the education minister but “the whole system”. Arvind Singh, from Chandigarh, said that the nascent(新生的，初期的) party had given angry but fearful youngsters the confidence to speak out. “When something gets too big organically, it comes and bites you back(反过来伤害你),” he said. Both wore cockroach masks. “We are cockroaches!” the crowd chanted.
迪普克先生所激发的不满情绪深厚而广泛。与印度各地许多年轻人一样，抗议者愤怒于缺乏就业机会，以及教育体系似乎旨在粉碎他们的抱负。许多人抱怨当权者不承担责任，并压制异议。从斋浦尔赶来的纳文表示，问题不在于教育部长，而在于“整个体制”。来自昌迪加尔的阿尔温德·辛格说，这个新兴政党让愤怒但胆怯的年轻人有了敢于发声的信心。“当一件事有机地发展到过于庞大时，它就会反噬你，”他说。两人都戴着蟑螂面具。“我们是蟑螂！”人群高喊道。