For 26 days, India watched as Sonam Wangchuk wasted away(逐渐消瘦，憔悴). His hunger strike, held in solidarity with(声援，支持) India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically consequential(重要的，有重大影响的) fasts held in the country’s modern history.
26天来，印度目睹了索南·旺楚克日渐消瘦。他的绝食抗议声援印度的“蟑螂”青年抗议运动，最终被证明是该国现代史上最具政治影响力的绝食之一。
Many in the country view the gruelling(折磨人的，艰辛的) fast, which began on 28 June, as the crucial spark(关键的导火索) that helped propel the Cockroach movement into one of the most formidable(强大的，令人敬畏的) challenges to the government of prime minister, Narendra Modi, in more than a decade.
国内许多人认为，这场始于6月28日的艰苦绝食是关键的导火索，它推动“蟑螂”运动成为十多年来对总理纳伦德拉·莫迪政府最严峻的挑战之一。
Abhijit Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach movement, said Wangchuk had “awakened the conscience(良知，道德心) of an entire nation” through his sacrifice(通过他的牺牲).
“蟑螂”运动创始人阿比吉特·迪普克表示，旺楚克通过自我牺牲“唤醒了整个民族的良知”。