Since 2019, I have been teaching Sociology to law students in Pune, and over the past six years, I have witnessed a quiet yet profound change. Earlier, classrooms, corridors, and canteens would echo with chatter, laughter, and arguments over movies, politics, debates, discussions or cricket. Today, the sound has dimmed. Students sit together, but their eyes are not on each other. They are fixed on glowing screens, thumbs moving in endless motion.

Our brain simply cannot do deep work while juggling reels

A few months ago, one of my brightest students made a confession that struck me. She said, “Ma’am, earlier I would revise for two hours straight. Now I sit with my books, but every few minutes I check my phone. I forget what I was studying, and it takes me forever to get back.” Her grades

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