The CJP protest achieved a historic ministerial resignation, but can it spark lasting democratic reform? Drawing lessons from Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, this article argues that India's real challenge begins now.
Miroslav Vaněk is a Czech historian, professor at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, and former President of the International Oral History Association. His research focuses on oral history, the Velvet Revolution of 1989, and everyday life under communist rule.