The tragic death of an eighth-grade student in Marasuru, a small village within the Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban, has sent shockwaves through the community and ignited a painful conversation about the immense pressure young people face in academic environments. The young girl, who was a student at a local government higher primary school, was discovered by her family on a Thursday night having taken her own life. This heartbreaking event has left behind a grieving community struggling to process why a child would feel that life was no longer worth living, and it stands as a grim reminder of…

It feels like we’ve all been there: scrolling through your feed, only to hit a post so infuriating or shocking that you feel an immediate, visceral urge to share it. You aren’t alone, and it’s certainly not a coincidence. Experts argue that we are currently living in an era where social media algorithms are essentially weaponizing our own biology against us. Because platforms thrive on engagement—the time we spend clicking, commenting, and sharing—they are structurally incentivized to prioritize content that makes us feel something intense. More often than not, that feeling is outrage rather than curiosity or joy. We find…