India is witnessing a huge boom in PhDs. Every year, around 30,000 to 35,000 people earn doctoral degrees. The number of research scholars in universities has reached nearly 350,000. On paper, this looks like an impressive achievement. But the reality on the ground tells a very different story.

On a rain-soaked morning in Mawsynram, Meghalaya, Banshailang Marbaniang stood watching dark clouds roll across the hills. The rain fell steadily, as it often does in the world's wettest place. Yet it was not the weather that occupied his thoughts; it was the question that had followed him for years: how does a young man from one of the remotest corners of the country build a future when opportunities are as scarce as the rain is abundant...

मेघालय के मॉसिनराम में बारिश से भीगी एक सुबह, बंशैलंग मारबानियांग पहाड़ियों पर छाए काले बादलों को देख रहे थे। बारिश लगातार हो रही थी, जैसा कि दुनिया की सबसे ज़्यादा बारिश वाली इस जगह पर अक्सर होता है। फिर भी, उनके दिमाग में मौसम नहीं, बल्कि एक ऐसा सवाल चल रहा था, जो बरसों से उनके साथ था। वह यह कि देश के सबसे दूर-दराज़ इलाकों में से एक में रहने वाला कोई युवा अपना भविष्य कैसे बनाए, जब वहां मौके उतने ही कम हों, जितनी ज़्यादा वहां बारिश होती है...

Every year, the same dream grows in millions of Indian homes: a son or daughter becomes a doctor. Every year, that dream must pass through a difficult exam. And every year, the mountain of hopes collides with the wall of numbers.

हर साल भारत के लाखों घरों में एक ही सपना पलता है। उनका बच्चा डॉक्टर बने। हर साल यह सपना एक कठिन परीक्षा से गुजरता है। और हर साल उम्मीदों का पहाड़ आंकड़ों की दीवार से टकरा जाता है...

A single punch in a school corridor can shatter a childhood in seconds. We like to think of schools as sanctuaries; places where discipline and dreams are nurtured. But on April 25, at Delhi Public School in Agra’s Shastripuram, violence didn’t just knock on the door; it walked in and struck with calculated, brutal force.

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