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India's GenZ Does The Impossible


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Are Gen Zs finally proving their critics wrong? On Episode 3 of Sunday Mid-Day presents The Gossip Bay, Debjani Paul joins Akshita Maheshwari and Tanisha Banerjee to discuss the sudden shift of Gen Z activism from Instagram stories to real-world street protests.

In this episode:

  • Online to On-Ground: How Gen Z organized massive physical turnouts after years of digital-only activism.

  • Humor as a Weapon: Why jokes, memes, and dancing in water cannons keep young activists going without getting burned out.

  • The Generation Gap: How older generations and millennials view Gen Z's viral slang and "unserious" approach to heavy political issues.

  • A New Era of Protest: How reaching adulthood gives Gen Z the agency to speak out—and why love and dating are even finding a place on the protest grounds.

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