The clock strikes 2 AM. Riya, a Class 10 student, is still hunched over her chemistry notes, surrounded by empty coffee cups and highlighters in every colour imaginable. Her board exams are three weeks away, and she hasn’t slept more …
Student Wellness
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“Don’t waste time on storybooks. Focus on your studies.” How many times have we said this—or heard it said—to children engrossed in a novel? Across India, fiction reading in is viewed as a luxury, something to enjoy only after “real …
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Parents, does your child prefer digital screens over physical books for reading? If you pause for a moment and think back to your own school days, what does “reading” bring to mind? For many of us, it wasn’t just about …
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Priya’s daughter, Ananya, just started her first year at university in Bangalore. For eighteen years, Priya had managed every aspect of Ananya’s life—wake-up times, study schedules, screen time, and even which subjects to focus on each evening. Ananya never missed …
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Preventing student burnout in India has become more urgent than any of us realise. Sixteen-year-old Meera stands in front of the bathroom mirror, practising her smile. Not because she’s happy—because she needs to look happy. In twenty minutes, her parents …