Two of the city’s main neighborhoods — Vigyan Nagar and Landmark City — feel like open-air museums of Indian anxiety. ... In 2022 alone, 15 students committed suicide in Kota.

The city is dotted with large billboards bearing the names, pictures and rankings of successful pupils. More than 200,000 students, some as young as 13, come here to study and are living in ...

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.This is the highest number since 2013 ...

Inside a classroom at one of India's coaching centres in Kota Coaching centres in the northern Indian city of Kota are facing tighter regulations after a rise in the number of student suicides ...