I've lost count of how many parent-teacher meetings start the same way. Someone asks about extra tuition, extra classes, maybe a new app for maths practice. Sports comes up almost as an apology — "he does play football on weekends, but I keep telling him to cut down before exams." As if playing was the thing getting in the way. It's not. If anything, it's usually the opposite. I think about this a lot, actually, because I've watched kids at Mayoor School Siliguri go through b

It's 07:15am in the morning. Your child is at the door, backpack too heavy for those small shoulders, one shoe on backwards, asking if today's a "fun day." You fix the shoe, remind them about the water bottle for the tenth time, and send them off. And somewhere under all that rush, one thought just sits there: am I sending them to the right place? Most parents ask this at some point. A school was never just a building with a timetable. It's where a child falls in love with a