When you walk into a luxury 5-star hotel buffet, the buffet spread looks amazing. You see tables piled up with dozens of different dishes like the bakery items, sprouts, different cold-cuts, salad stations, number of desserts and few live counters. This visual spectacle is designed to evoke a sense of limitless culinary luxury. It looks grand, expensive, and attractive.
Every year, national competitive exams like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) attract millions of aspiring students from across India. For many families, especially those from the middle class, securing a seat in a government medical or engineering colleges (IIT/NIT) seems the ultimate goal and social prestige and a secured future. However, this intense attraction has turned secondary education into a hyper-competitive zone, raising critical questions about systemic social pressure, student well-being, and the value we place on human life.
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