"1,74,000 കുട്ടികൾ നമ്മുടെ കൂടെയില്ല എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞാൽ അതൊരു ചെറിയ കാര്യമാണോ? രണ്ട് ലക്ഷത്തിൽപ്പരം കുട്ടികളെ വെടിവെച്ചു കൊന്നെങ്കിൽ നമ്മൾ ഇങ്ങനെ ഇവിടെ ഇരിക്കുമോ?!"

In this explosive and deeply unsettling Part 1 episode of 42 Podcatcher, Saleena Beevi (Founder & Director of Nila School of Happiness, behavioral consultant, and mental health advocate) sits down with Mathew and Thoufeeq to pull the curtain back on the dark, commercialized underbelly of our education system.

From the multi-crore business of entrance coaching hubs (like NEET/JEE) and the terrifying parental pressure driving kids to the brink, to the Supreme Court order declaring student suicide as a 'community epidemic'—this conversation challenges the very definition of "success" in modern society. We talk about the commercialization of schools, fake social media  ...