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Articles written and medically reviewed by Dr. Saurabh Kumar - for patients, parents and anyone trying to make sense of what they are going through.
You were the best in your school. Now you are in a room where everyone was the best in theirs. What that does to the mind, and why your worth was never your rank.
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For every student who knows the answer but freezes before saying it in English: why it happens, why it says nothing about your intelligence, and how t...
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Why three careers came to stand for success in Indian homes, what the science of interests and identity says about choosing well, and how to find the...
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An honest look at the lodge years, the near-miss, the age-limit clock, and a two-track plan that respects the dream without betting your whole life on...
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What fifty years of research says about the kind of support that helps a teenager succeed, and the kind of love that, without meaning to, gets in the...
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Late diagnoses of ADHD are rising faster than any other condition in psychiatry. Some of it is a fashion. Most of it is a generation of capable adults...
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Visa, loan, admit letter, packed suitcase: all checked. This is the checklist nobody hands you: what the first semester does to the mind, and how to a...
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For the student who did not make it this time, and for the family that loves them: what the science of failure says, and how to walk the year ahead wi...
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Why a little fear makes you brilliant and a lot of it makes you blank, and the five evidence-based moves that bring you back to the top of the curve....
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Why the brain does not reward hours, it rewards the right kind of effort. An evidence-based guide to retrieval practice, spaced revision, mixed practi...
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Why the people who have lived through mental illness hold knowledge that no textbook can replace, and what the research says happens when we finally l...
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Where 10 October came from, what it has achieved, what the 2026 theme asks of us, and what it means for a family in Bihar, in plain questions and answ...
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Youth mental health first aid for the parents, teachers, wardens and friends of North India, and the five-step habit we call SAATH.
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