Mass Rally Protesting Indian Quota System Leads To Unrest

By Julie McCarthy

Published August 27, 2015 at 4:38 PM EDT

Mass protests turned deadly in Gujarat, India, this week. Hundreds of thousands of people, galvanized by a charismatic young member of the Patel community, took to the streets to demand access to public jobs and education.

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Julie McCarthy has spent most of career traveling the world for NPR. She's covered wars, prime ministers, presidents and paupers. But her favorite stories "are about the common man or woman doing uncommon things," she says.

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Mass Rally Protesting Indian Quota System Leads To Unrest