# How a PhD student became a leading face of India’s protest movement

https://mins.news/en/video/96361

- Reuters, 2026-10-12 11:57 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvaLH6OeECI

> Neha Bora, once little known as a doctoral student, has become one of the most visible figures in an Indian protest movement that poses the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in years.

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