Education
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Why You Think You’ve Always Believed What You Believe Now
When seventeen-year-old Kavya from Delhi started Class 12, she became deeply interested in environmental activism. She joined her school’s eco-club,…
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Why Your Memory Makes Everything Seem More Average Than It Was
When seventeen-year-old Rohan from Mumbai received his mathematics exam results, he was thrilled—he’d scored 94 out of 100, his highest…
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Why You Can’t Remember Being a Baby or Toddler
I’ll create an engaging article on childhood amnesia suitable for Class 10 students. Let me craft this with storytelling, folklore,…
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Why You Remember Old Habits Being Harder to Break Than They Were
When seventeen-year-old Arjun from Mumbai successfully lost 15 kilograms over six months through diet changes and regular exercise, his friends…
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Why You Think Your Past Decisions Were Smarter Than They Actually Were
When seventeen-year-old Kavya from Delhi saved up money to buy her first smartphone, she spent weeks agonizing over the decision.…
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Why You Remember Weird Things Better Than Normal Ones
When Mrs. Sharma taught Indian history to her Class 10 students at Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s School, she noticed a troubling…
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Why You Think You’re Bad At Difficult Things Even When You’re Not
When seventeen-year-old Rohan from Delhi’s Modern School participated in the National Mathematics Olympiad, he walked out of the examination hall…
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Why We Blame Entire Groups for Individual Members’ Mistakes
When a student from Delhi’s Government Model School was caught cheating during an inter-school mathematics competition, seventeen-year-old Arjun from the…
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Why You Think You’re Complex But Others Are Predictable
When seventeen-year-old Meera from Delhi moved into a hostel for her pre-university program, she was assigned to share a room…
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Why We Defend Systems That Actually Hurt Us
At Mumbai’s Cathedral School, there was a rule that seventeen-year-old Kavya and her classmates universally disliked: students were required to…
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Why We Have More Words for Being Social Than Being Smart
When seventeen-year-old Priya from Mumbai was assigned a school project to describe ten classmates using adjectives, she started listing words…
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Why You Take Credit for Success But Blame Others for Failure
When Delhi’s Modern School cricket team lost to their rivals by just three runs in a thrilling inter-school match, seventeen-year-old…
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Why You Think “They’re All The Same” But “We’re All Different”
When Delhi’s prestigious St. Stephen’s School and the nearby Government Model School were paired for an inter-school cultural exchange program,…
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Why You Think Your View of Reality Is The Only Correct One
In February 2015, a simple photograph of a dress posted online created one of the most revealing moments in the…
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I hate it when other adults ‘parent’ my kids. What can I do?
Long weekends often bring family and friends together in a mix of generations. Somewhere between the egg hunt and hot…
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