Suicide attempts and drug abuse by students to escape “pressures” of a very competitive academic system got me wondering what pushes youth over the edge. And whether opening up around peers, teachers & parents could help in such situations?

An open environment and free dialogue are a rarity even in the best of educational institutions. Is IDC any different? I conducted an audit followed by a modest intervention (podcasts, newsletter and beginnings of activating dead spaces at IDC) designed to aid an open and free environment at IDC.