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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Parikshit Ghosh

Paper leaks are the symptom, the jobs gold rush is the disease

Last year, large crowds gathered to dig up farmland around Asirgarh Fort in MP. They were looking for buried Mughal-era gold coins, inspired by the film Chhaava. Today, there’s another viral movement, one that has led to an agitation against NEET exam paper leaks. Its participants have, with adequate irony, embraced the description of unemployed youth made by CJI Surya Kant in May as "cockroach".

These two events seem disconnected. But they are not.

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