The Silence That Kills: Sonam Wangchuk’s Fast and the Rot in India’s Education System
Sonam Wangchuk Hits Day 18 of Hunger Strike Over NEET Scandal As Sonam Wangchuk enters the 18th day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, his body wasting away—blood sugar dipping perilously, blood pressure falling, muscle melting under the unforgiving Delhi sun—the Indian state remains unmoved. A man who has spent decades building schools in the harsh terrains of Ladakh, teaching innovation and resilience to children the system forgot, now lies on a protest mat demanding the bare minimum: accountability for a colossal failure that has shattered the dreams of over two million young Indians and claimed at least 20 young lives by suicide. This is not mere symbolism. It is a moral indictment. The NEET-UG 2026 scandal was not an unfortunate glitch in an otherwise functional machine. It was the predictable outcome of a competitive examination system that has been weaponised as a gatekeeper of social mobility while being handed over to an agency apparently incapable of basic inte...
