Author: Omkar Khandekar

Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party scuffle with police as they attempt to march to India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister, in New Delhi, Monday. Vipin/AP hide caption toggle caption Vipin/AP NEW DELHI — Thousands of protesters marched to India’s Parliament on Monday, facing a police crackdown as the demonstrators demanded the resignation of the country’s education minister, in one of the biggest confrontations of an emerging, youth-led movement. The demonstrators call themselves the Cockroach Janta Party (“Cockroach People’s Party”), and they want to overhaul the way India is run, starting with an education system they say…

Students from India make up the largest share of foreign students in the United States. But student visa restrictions have many reconsidering their dreams of an American education. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Indian nationals make up the largest share of foreign students in the United States, but a series of moves by the Trump administration, including more scrutiny of student visas, is making many Indian students reconsider their dreams of studying in America. NPR’s Omkar Khandekar reports from Mumbai.OMKAR KHANDEKAR, BYLINE: Twenty-year-old engineering student Kaustubh always wanted to study aeronautics. Five years ago, he toured Stanford University while visiting relatives. It…