The alleged death by suicide of four students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, in a span of two months, has exposed, yet again, the isolation of hyper-competitive academic environments, where distress goes unnoticed until it culminates in tragedy. Despite several progressive interventions in recent years, including the Supreme Court’s 2025 directives to institutionalise mental-health support across schools, colleges, hostels, and coaching centres, what emerges is a portrait of........

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