Democracy by Design

A crowdsourced visual archive of the posters, placards and photography of India's protest movements. It began with the students and the leaked exam paper; it is open to the movements that came after.

Start with The Lighthouse — our photo essay from the archive.

The posters are the point: we archive the art of the streets, and we automatically cover protesters' faces with a tape sticker. Read the submission guidelines · appear in a photo? Request removal.

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⟡ Movements

What this archive holds

Different movements, different causes. Each has its own album, and its own link to send.

Students and education

The 2026 NEET-UG paper leak protests

338 photographs · May – August 2026

#NEETUG2026

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Jobs, recruitment exams and land

The Jharkhand protests

5 photographs · From 29 July 2026 · Ranchi

#BhartiGhotala

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A collection

Cartoons

42 photographs · across every movement in the archive

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Or by place

Jantar Mantar, Delhi16 Hyderabad5 Ranchi5 Sealdah to Esplanade, Kolkata3 Freedom Park, Bengaluru3 Shivaji Park, Mumbai2 Bengaluru1 Pune1 Kolkata1 Mumbai1 Delhi1

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27 movements are open and holding nothing yet — Ken-Betwa, Resident doctors, E20 petrol, SIR / vote chori, Political prisoners, Press freedom, and 21 more. Send us photographs · see them all.