A paper leak is a failure. The real question is whether we’re fixing the problem or just reacting to it.
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The easiest thing in India today is to pick a side, but the hardest part is to ask questions of every side.
The NEET paper leak, the protests at Jantar Mantar, and the calls for the Education Minister’s resignation have once again divided public opinion. Depending on which video reaches your phone first, you’ll either believe students were brutally silenced or that the crowd turned unruly and crossed the line.
Before anything else, one thing is clear. If a paper leak has happened, it is a betrayal of every honest student who spent months, sometimes years, preparing for an exam. It isn’t just about losing time. It damages trust in the entire system. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think students came to Delhi to become part of a political narrative. They came because they wanted someone to hear them. And somewhere over the last few days, I feel the conversation has slowly moved away from the students themselves.
The first demand that became louder wasn’t “Fix the system.” It was “Resign.” It’s an understandable…