GenZ’s ripped the mask off India’s horror entrance exam system that students have been forced to obey for years, even as many dreams went bust. Now, they’ve themselves dealt with what threatens their future. Govt, waste not this moment.
In our family, ‘the cow ate my homework’ was not a joke. It was a painful story about a very sincere teacher-aunt. She was checking board exam papers one summer afternoon, on her verandah, when a cow chewed some of the papers, taking advantage of her brief absence to fetch a glass of water. ‘Average marking’ was done, but auntie carried that guilt forever.

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