Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This Gen Xer is late to the party! But what a party it was. A BJP minister has resigned, Gen Z has tasted victory, and an OG andolanjeevi has returned to his old adda.
Long before the Cockroach Janta Party arrived at Jantar Mantar, Abhinandan Sekhri spent years here protesting — from the RTI amendments to the Jan Lokpal movement, as one of the founders of what became India Against Corruption.
More than a decade later, he returns to see what has changed. Who are the people behind CJP? What did Gen Z get right? Is this a movement, a moment, or just one very successful Jantar Mantar rendezvous?
Join Abhinandan for a very intergenerational vibe check — part nostalgia trip, part investigation into how Gen Z got together to script one of the biggest wins against the Modi government in recent times. How was CJP different from IAC? Guest appearance: Rofl Gandhi.
Credits
Host
Abhinandan Sekhri
Camera
Rajender
Ashish
Chanchal
Sound
Manoj
Producer
Chanchal
Editors
Satish Kumar
Chanchal
Ground Intern
Anshu Anand
00:00 Cold open: Gen Z, cops and cocaine
01:11 An OG andolanjeevi returns to base
02:14 Meet the protesters
03:52 Police ka bhi dil hota hai
04:35 He left his holiday to join the protest
05:40 Rofl Gandhi represents Noida media
08:05 Why protesters are angry with TV news
13:18 “Media did its job, toh hum yahan nahi hote”
17:48 The doctor who is helping
19:27 Donations, medicines and 10,000 sanitary pads
20:29 Journalism in a hostile crowd
23:20 Who is actually running this protest?
25:16 Zomato-powered protest logistics
27:45 Manisha, Atul and Abhinandan compare notes
28:34 Why every TV mic is now a target
30:31 Protest or attention farming?
31:25 Can CJP sustain the momentum?
33:07 CJP vs India Against Corruption
34:46 Instagram Gen Z vs the actual crowd
35:29 Jantar Mantar as collective therapy
36:05 The slogans Modi ji should never hear
38:30 How TV media discredits movements
39:40 Who maintains order without leaders?
41:10 What the Anna movement did differently
43:08 India’s first Instagram andolan?
44:12 Who exactly wants to “break India”?
45:22 When Gen Z fights its parents
46:41 Favourite encounters from Jantar Mantar
48:48 What happens when power stops listening
50:47 Why independent journalism needs you
51:42 The CEO had to report from the ground
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This Gen Xer is late to the party! But what a party it was. A BJP minister has resigned, Gen Z has tasted victory, and an OG andolanjeevi has returned to his old adda.
Long before the Cockroach Janta Party arrived at Jantar Mantar, Abhinandan Sekhri spent years here protesting — from the RTI amendments to the Jan Lokpal movement, as one of the founders of what became India Against Corruption.
More than a decade later, he returns to see what has changed. Who are the people behind CJP? What did Gen Z get right? Is this a movement, a moment, or just one very successful Jantar Mantar rendezvous?
Join Abhinandan for a very intergenerational vibe check — part nostalgia trip, part investigation into how Gen Z got together to script one of the biggest wins against the Modi government in recent times. How was CJP different from IAC? Guest appearance: Rofl Gandhi.
Credits
Host
Abhinandan Sekhri
Camera
Rajender
Ashish
Chanchal
Sound
Manoj
Producer
Chanchal
Editors
Satish Kumar
Chanchal
Ground Intern
Anshu Anand
00:00 Cold open: Gen Z, cops and cocaine
01:11 An OG andolanjeevi returns to base
02:14 Meet the protesters
03:52 Police ka bhi dil hota hai
04:35 He left his holiday to join the protest
05:40 Rofl Gandhi represents Noida media
08:05 Why protesters are angry with TV news
13:18 “Media did its job, toh hum yahan nahi hote”
17:48 The doctor who is helping
19:27 Donations, medicines and 10,000 sanitary pads
20:29 Journalism in a hostile crowd
23:20 Who is actually running this protest?
25:16 Zomato-powered protest logistics
27:45 Manisha, Atul and Abhinandan compare notes
28:34 Why every TV mic is now a target
30:31 Protest or attention farming?
31:25 Can CJP sustain the momentum?
33:07 CJP vs India Against Corruption
34:46 Instagram Gen Z vs the actual crowd
35:29 Jantar Mantar as collective therapy
36:05 The slogans Modi ji should never hear
38:30 How TV media discredits movements
39:40 Who maintains order without leaders?
41:10 What the Anna movement did differently
43:08 India’s first Instagram andolan?
44:12 Who exactly wants to “break India”?
45:22 When Gen Z fights its parents
46:41 Favourite encounters from Jantar Mantar
48:48 What happens when power stops listening
50:47 Why independent journalism needs you
51:42 The CEO had to report from the ground
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