Children

It all began when 12-year-old Kulsum's teacher from the Haji Public School in the Breswana village of Jammu and Kashmir, posted the heartrending lines that the young girl had written about being inspired by JK Rowling’s life and her legacy on Twitter two months back.

A 13-year-old girl had been diagnosed with peritonitis. She needed to be operated upon urgently, and Dr Bhat was the doctor for the job.

For the 4 Bengaluru kids, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn vital lessons which they will carry through their life.

Arul Srivastva is a student of Vana Vani Matriculation Higher Secondary School located in the IIT Madras campus.

It is not an easy task to find such people, but she also knows that many youngsters like her are looking for a more meaningful life.

Kasibhatta Samhitha started displaying prodigious abilities right from the age of three when her parents discovered that she could memorise the capitals of different countries around the world.

Shaishav and its work through Balsena, demonstrate that children are capable of asking questions and taking charge of their own lives, if they are equipped with the right set of knowledge, values, direction and mentorship to do so.

In order to crack down on educational institutions indulging in unfair practices, the Central Board of Secondary Education is now showing no leniency.

In adult life, we have to unlearn the lessons learned in school and become competent in things that matter. Why then, do we not get an understanding of them in the school itself?

Survivors of these traumatic events will be able to get the help that they need better when their loved ones stand behind them.