IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore to IAS. I got the best education my country had to offer. It taught me how to crack tough exams and manage big responsibilities. But it never taught me how to quiet my own mind or handle loneliness. We spend many years learning how to achieve, but not a single day learning how to be happy.
My thoughts on what is missing in school education.
Emotional Regulation:
We memorized the periodic table, but no one explained the chemistry of a broken heart. School demanded we stay quiet, confusing silence with peace. Now, we don't know how to host our own storms without drowning in them. We feel lost because we were taught to suppress, not to process.
Deep Communication:
We were taught to write perfect essays, but not how to say "I’m hurting" or "No." While there is a strong emphasis on communication, we are not taught the vocabulary of the adult life. There is no course on how to stand our ground in face of bullying by a boss or how to protect our work boundaries by saying 'No'
Critical Thinking:
In school, the person with the most answers won. In life, the person with the most questions survives. This is the reason many adults can repeat opinions confidently without ever questioning where those opinions came from. We are told everything as the gospel truth. So we end up just following blindly
Financial Literacy:
We spent years learning maths and solving for x, but never learned how to keep ourselves from falling in a debt trap. Money isn't just about math; it’s about the dignity of choice. We do not learn how to use debt effectively without it controlling our freedom. How impulsive spending compounds over time, or how money affects stress, relationships, and mental peace. Financial literacy is missing because education often focuses on earning money someday, not managing it wisely once it arrives.
Self-Discipline
School is a world of bells and schedules. Someone else always tells you what to do and when. But adulthood is a world of total silence. We feel stuck because we were never taught how to push ourselves without a teacher watching. Discipline is simply the habit of keeping promises to yourself. This is a habit many of us are lacking
Handling Loneliness
In school, you are always shrouded by people. You never realize how loud the silence of adulthood can be until you’re in it. We feel lonely because we weren't taught how to be our own best friends. Peace is learning that being alone doesn't mean being lonely. It is a sacred space, not a sign of being unwanted.
Reading People
School is a time of innocence where friendships are often given to you. But as we go along, not everyone retains that purity. We feel cheated because we weren't taught to see the hidden intentions or the masks people wear. Reading people is the quiet wisdom of seeing the truth behind the words.
Mental Health Maintenance
We have gym class for our bodies, but nothing for our souls. We are taught to push through exhaustion to finish a project, which is exactly how we end up in burnout. Honoring your nervous system is the only way to make sure the light inside you doesn't go out. We should know when we are dealing with a stressor and unable to handle it anymore. We should know when to reach out for help if we feel that we are drowning in that distress
Knowing Yourself
We spend years trying to be the "best" student, only to realize we don't know who we are without a gold medal. We are left inadequate because we studied every subject except our own souls. The ultimate education is discovering what truly matters to you before the world tells you what to want.
PM’s Clarion Call on Responsible Antibiotic Use in Mann ki Baat
PM Modi today made strong appeal for responsible antibiotic use. Citing ICMR report, he said antibiotics are becoming less effective against common diseases like pneumonia & UTI.@MoHFW_INDIA@PMOIndia@ICMRDELHI
Paul Dirac's Ph.D thesis was not typed. It was handwritten and submitted in 1926. The title of the thesis was simply "Quantum Mechanics". Dirac is one of the founding fathers of Quantum Mechanics.
ICMR यानि इंडियन काउंसिल ऑफ मेडिकल रिसर्च की हाल ही की एक रिपोर्ट बताती है कि निमोनिया और UTI जैसी बीमारियों में Antibiotic दवाएं कमजोर साबित हो रही हैं। इसका एक बड़ा कार�� बिना सोचे-समझे इनका सेवन है। इसलिए मेरा आग्रह है कि Doctors की सलाह के बिना Antibiotics दवाएं ना लें।
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📍 सर्किल 04 – काँसोटी खेड़ा
👥 103 विद्यार्थी | 🎓 MGGS
ग्रामीण शिक्षा को सशक्त करने की पहल।
सभी सहयोगियों को साधुवाद।
जय हिंद
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📍 सर्किल 05 – उमरेह
👥 178 विद्यार्थी |
🎓 GSSS उमरेह
आधुनिक परीक्षा प्रणाली से ग्रामीण प्रतिभाओं को सशक्त मंच। सभी सहयोगियों को साधुवाद।
जय हिंद
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🚫 Don’t self-medicate with antibiotics!
Dr. Kamini Walia, Scientist G & Head of the Descriptive Research Division, ICMR, warns how misuse fuels Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
Watch now: https://t.co/0mnYkRLQ87
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> be Terence Tao
> born in Australia
> starts doing math at age 2
> taking university-level classes by age 9
> training with top math students by 10
> wins IMO bronze at 13
> silver at 14
> gold with a perfect score at 15
> youngest person in history to achieve that
> completes bachelor’s and master’s early
> begins PhD at Princeton at 16
> becomes a UCLA professor in early 20s
> receives the Fields Medal in 2006
> makes major contributions in number theory, harmonic analysis, PDEs, and combinatorics
> co-proves the Green–Tao theorem: primes contain infinitely long arithmetic progressions
> continues teaching, researching, and writing
> considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the modern era
🩸 ICMR is contributing to National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission (NSEAM) 🇮🇳 with 25+ low-cost RDTs (₹350→₹25/test), landmark hydroxyurea trials, and 63,000+ newborns screened—reducing mortality from 30% to <5%. Towards a #SickleCellFree Bharat by 2047! 💪 #WeAreICMR
Today, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the National Health Authority (NHA) and the Department of Health Research (DHR)/ICMR to strengthen collaboration in evidence-based policymaking and the implementation of #ABPMJAY and #ABDM.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, NHA, and Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, DHR & DG, @ICMRDELHI, in the presence of senior officials including Ms. Jyoti Yadav, Joint Secretary, and Dr. Pankaj Arora, Director, NHA.
#HealthForAll
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6 winters, 0 cough.
Sometimes, the cure isn’t medicine; it’s Clean Air.
Step by step, India moves closer to a #TBFreeIndia.
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Breaking News: James Watson, who made one of the biggest breakthroughs in science by helping to discover the structure of DNA, died at 97. https://t.co/OwiOU6ifWr
Today in @NatureBiotech, we report engineered DNA recombinases with up to 53% integration efficiency and 97% genome-wide specificity at an endogenous human locus, inserting large DNA cargoes up to 12 kb for stable expression in primary human T cells, stem cells, and non-dividing cells
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@ICMR_RMRCBBSR has developed AdFalci Vax, the nation’s first indigenous multi-stage recombinant malaria #vaccine - a major step forward in the fight against #malaria.
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The November issue of Science #Immunology is out!
This month's cover highlights how #Bcells can acquire antigens from large malarial parasites and recruit different types of CD4 #Tcell help, which could inform future vaccine designs for #malaria. https://t.co/IcThKfsC6d
I’m truly delighted that my postdoctoral supervisor, Prof. Omar Yaghi, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering invention of MOFs. It was my privilege to work with him at UCLA a period I will always cherish for his unmatched dedication and creativity