Kota is a place for strivers, where the fear of being left behind is palpable. Two of the city’s main neighborhoods ... jumped to their deaths. In 2022 alone, 15 students committed suicide ...

Coaching centres in the northern Indian city of ... of living alone, high parental expectations, peer pressure, cut-throat competition and 14-hour-days. More than 100 students in Kota have taken ...

However, Kota has been facing a grim reality of late. This year, the police say 23 aspirants have killed themselves, with six deaths recorded in August alone ... of Police (City) Sharad Choudhary ...

Inside a classroom at one of India's coaching centres in Kota Coaching centres in the northern Indian city of Kota are facing ... about the hardship of living alone, high parental expectations ...