When the Seasons Lose Their Rhythm: Indiaβs Changing Climate
π Author: Mubashir π Article ID: WTW-MON26-770 π Category: Super-Seniors (11β12) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry In March 2026, farmers in northern Maharashtra were preparing for an important stage of the agricultural season when unseasonal rain damaged their crops. A preliminary assessment by the state agriculture department reported damage across 64,151 hectares, affecting more than […]
The True Price of a βΉ500 T-Shirt
π Author: Jahanvi Sharma π Article ID: WTW-MON26-794 π Category: Super-Seniors (11β12) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry The hidden cost of fast fashion There is something almost magical about a βΉ500 T-shirt. It can appear on a screen in the morning and be hanging in a wardrobe by evening. It can be soft, colourful, perfectly […]
How India is draining the aquifers it cannot see, and how it can stop
π Author: Ujjawal Maurya π Article ID: WTW-MON26-816 π Category: Super-Seniors (11β12) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry How India is draining the aquifers it cannot see, and how it can stop In 2010, the water in the wells of Ardana, a village in Karnal district, Haryana, sat about eight metres below the ground. By 2020, […]
Doomerism, Inequality and the Politics of Hope
π Author: Roopkatha Dey π Article ID: WTW-MON26-655 π Category: Super-Seniors (11β12) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry Last year, I found an old photograph of my neighbourhood on my grandmotherβs phone. The road looked almost offensively ordinary: trees leaning over the pavement, children standing in puddles after rain, balconies crowded with clothes. She told me […]
Can Development and Nature Coexist?
π Author: Harsh Kushwaha π Article ID: WTW-MON26-783 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry βWe have not inherited the Earth from our ancestors; we have borrowed it from our children.β β Native American Proverb Look around us. Tall buildings touch the sky in Ahmedabad, highways connect distant cities, and the miracle named […]
THE EARTH WILL SURVIVE. WILL WE?
π Author: Debasmita Ghosh π Article ID: WTW-MON26-512 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry Long before humanity learned to name the seasons, map the oceans or measure the temperature of the atmosphere, the Earth had already mastered the art of endurance. It has witnessed continents collide, mountains rise, oceans retreat and species […]
Solastalgia and the Architecture of “Home-Sickness”
π Author: Varshini π Article ID: WTW-MON26-677 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry I. A grief without departure Homesickness has always been a condition of travel. There is a sense of ache as the root, and absence as what it measures and is measured by. But recently there has arisen a strange […]
WHAT INDIAN CLASSICAL ARTS TEACH US ABOUT SUSTAINING LIVING
π Author: Rishika Soni π Article ID: WTW-MON26-777 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry As a student of classical music and dance, I have come to understand that classical art is much more than a performance. It teaches us discipline, patience, continuity, respect for tradition and the importance of constant effort.Every movement, […]
Where Survival Becomes Self-Destruction
π Author: Bhavya Agarwal π Article ID: WTW-MON26-490 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry Congratulations, family planning is no longer about narrating the trajectory of your life, but about gambling your childβs entire future in a world where the odds are already against them. Dr. Randeep Guleria of AIIMS warns: polluted air […]
What the Himalayas Are Telling Us About Climate Change
π Author: Hibah Arifeen π Article ID: WTW-MON26-499 π Category: Seniors (9β10) β¨ WriteToWin Monsoon 2026 Entry Before dawn, a shepherd in the Himalayas begins his climb, following the same trail his family has walked for generations. But this year, the stream that once flowed beside the path has thinned to a trickle. Wildflowers bloom […]