India, May 18 -- Every year, millions place their hopes, savings, and emotions on one examination, hoping that one day, they will land in a medical college of their choice.

For many students, clearing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is seen as the only path to becoming a doctor. Parents borrow money, children sacrifice their teenage years, and entire families reorganise their lives around this dream. But in recent years, a painful question has emerged with greater force than ever before. Is this system fair in the true sense?

Be it 2016 or 2026, nothing much has changed. Reports of leaked papers, organised cheating networks, and students allegedly paying lakhs of rupees to gain unfair access to question papers have sp...