Protester networks are challenging Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s power. Here’s what every leader needs to learn

Leaders are rarely undone by the hierarchies they control, but by the networks they ignore. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the most powerful leaders in the world. Domestically popular and internationally influential, his government has long appeared almost unassailable. Recently, however, that aura of invincibility has begun to crack. Massive protests, led by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party, forced his education minister to resign.