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The answers nobody hands you.
What a rejected scholarship actually means, who pays the interest on an education loan, which companies already charge students less, and every helpline worth saving. Written plainly, sourced from the departments that run them.
- Housing4 min read
PG and hostel safety near campus: the checklist before you pay a deposit
What "verified" should actually mean for a PG or hostel, five checks to make before you hand over money, and the red flags that should end the conversation.
Read it - Wellbeing4 min read
What actually happens when you call Tele-MANAS
Tele-MANAS (14416) is free, government-run and answers 24×7 in your language. You do not have to be in crisis to call it — and it is not the same number as anti-ragging or women’s safety.
Read it - Money6 min read
Student discounts in India: the companies that already have one
Sixty-six companies run a student price in India today, from Apple and Microsoft to IndiGo and the Indian Railways. Here is the full list and how to claim each kind.
Read it - Loans5 min read
Who pays the interest on your education loan
Central and state schemes cover the interest on an education loan for students who qualify, and Section 80E deducts the rest from taxable income for eight years.
Read it - Grievances5 min read
Your scholarship application was rejected or ignored. What now?
A rejected or stalled scholarship is a grievance with an office attached to it. Here is the ladder — from the institution nodal officer up to the PMO — and where to stop.
Read it - Safety3 min read
Every national helpline number a student in India can call
Six free, government-run national helplines: mental health, ragging, emergency, women in distress, cyber fraud and child protection. Save them before you need them.
Read it - Portals5 min read
The government portals every Indian student is expected to track
Twenty-two separate government systems hold a piece of an Indian student’s record — NSP, DigiLocker, APAAR, SWAYAM, NCS, UMANG and the rest. What each one is actually for.
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Everything here is checked against the department or company that runs it, and each page says when it was last updated. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility move — where they do, we name the office that publishes them rather than printing a figure that will go stale.
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