MICROPHONES SHOVED in their faces, the youngsters raced to say their soundbites on democratic rights.(麦克风被推到他们面前，这些年轻人争先恐后地就民主权利发表简短言论。) Then the police van sped off(疾驰而去) with them still in mid-sentence(话说到一半). “That’s the only way to protest now—we just go get detained,” shrugged one. On October 10th in Delhi, drones filled the skies and tens of thousands of security men and women patrolled the strangely silent city below. India’s capital witnessed its most sweeping(全面的，大规模的) crackdown(镇压，严厉打击) on peaceful protest for many years.
麦克风被推到他们面前，这些年轻人争先恐后地就民主权利发表简短言论。随后警车疾驰而去，他们的话还没说完。“现在唯一的抗议方式就是——我们去被拘留，”其中一人耸耸肩说。10月10日，德里上空无人机密布，数万名安保人员巡逻于下方异常寂静的城市。印度首都见证了许多年来对和平抗议最全面的镇压。
After 12 years in power, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, faces a challenge from Gen-Z protesters. In July the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth movement, staged(发起，举行) mass protests against a corrupt exam system and poor job prospects, and eventually forced the education minister to resign. This time, the CJP is riding a wave of(乘着……的浪潮) public anger against the voting system, which it says is rigged(被操纵的). The authorities are also better prepared. As soon as the CJP’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, and his two lieutenants touched down at Delhi airport to lead the crowds at a planned rally, police arrived to snatch them away.(CJP创始人阿比吉特·迪普克及其两名副手刚在德里机场降落，准备领导计划集会上的人群，警察就赶到将他们抓走。) While most of the roughly 5,000 detainees(被拘留者) got out by nightfall(到夜幕降临时), the Cockroach trio was held for 24 hours.
执政12年后，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪面临Z世代抗议者的挑战。7月，新成立的蟑螂人民党（CJP）——一个青年运动——针对腐败的考试制度和糟糕的就业前景发起了大规模抗议，最终迫使教育部长辞职。这一次，CJP正乘着公众对选举制度愤怒的浪潮，该党称选举制度被操纵。当局也准备得更充分。CJP创始人阿比吉特·迪普克及其两名副手刚在德里机场降落，准备领导计划集会上的人群，警察就赶到将他们抓走。虽然约5000名被拘留者中大多数在夜幕降临时获释，但蟑螂三人组被关押了24小时。
Central Delhi felt like a city under siege(被围困): borders sealed, internet jammed(被干扰，堵塞), 45 metro stations locked and loudspeakers blasting out warnings. Police bruised opposition leaders and briefly nabbed(逮捕) journalists and lawyers. Scattered protests emerged like flash mobs, only for baton-wielding officers to disperse them.(零星的抗议像快闪一样出现，但随即被手持警棍的警察驱散。)
德里市中心感觉像一座被围困的城市：边界封锁，互联网中断，45个地铁站关闭，扩音器大声播放警告。警察打伤反对派领导人，并短暂逮捕了记者和律师。零星的抗议像快闪一样出现，但随即被手持警棍的警察驱散。
