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Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

    58 seconds of CCTV, one verdict: How News18 put a dead IIT-B student on trial (opens the original)

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    Two primetime segments turned a clip, anonymous police sources and a withdrawn institute statement into a verdict. It was a premature verdict on the wrong question. Five days after Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, died by suicide at IIT Bombay, News18 aired two segments built around CCTV clips from his exam hall, one 10 seconds long and one 58. His parents have accused Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, who invigilated the exam, of caste-based discrimination, and police have registered an FIR

  2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

    ‘Breach of trust by govt’: Sonam Wangchuk on CJP protest, hunger strike, what comes next (opens the original)

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    The Ladakhi educationist and activist discusses his hunger strike, the hospital that held him, the ministers who broke a pledge, and the trust deficit in this country. In a wide-ranging interview with Newslaundry, educationist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk detailed his journey into, and through, the Cockroach Janta Party protest, from his forcible removal from Jantar Mantar on July 18 to the breaking of his indefinite fast days later. Wangchuk alleged the hospital that held him “fudgedâ€

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

    Dear Cockroaches, please make Sonam Wangchuk’s sacrifice count (opens the original)

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    Performing the aesthetics of a protest without any of its substance is unlikely to compel the Modi government to act. Sonam Wangchuk has now lost 8.2 kilograms. His blood glucose has dropped to 67 mg/dL. He has been on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar since June 28, and the protest around him is in its fourth week. When people begged him to stop, he had a one-line answer: “Don't ask me to end my fast. Ask the government why they won’t even have a dialogue.” That is a fair question to put t

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