Jammu, April 21 -- The recent incidents at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra-where four students died by suicide within just two months-are not merely a tragedy of a single institution. They represent a profound indictment of Indian society as a whole, of our education system, and of our collective insensitivity. These events compel us to ask: what circumstances push some of the nation's brightest young minds to give up on life? No student who has endured intense competition to reach such prestigious institutions chooses death lightly. Such a decision emerges only when darkness seems to surround them from every direction. This darkness is not merely personal-it is the cumulative outcome of social, familial, and institutional...