Summers Were Not Like This Before

πŸŽ“ Author: Aradhya Srivastava πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-023 πŸ† Category: Super-Seniors (11–12) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry There’s something about summer memories that feels almost faded these days. Back when I was a kid, summers just seemed easier. We’d keep an eye on the clock, waiting for school to let out, then head outside […]

Mission β€˜Vasudha’- The Eternal Mission

πŸŽ“ Author: Riyan Dutta πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-007 πŸ† Category: Seniors (9–10) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry β€œVasudha”, this is a term which literally means β€˜the producer of wealth’, β€˜wealth’, is a term that is often misunderstood as money, luxury and glamour, but the wealth we truly cease to understand is the wealth that’s […]

Why Can’t We See Stars At Night?

πŸŽ“ Author: Ariana Bhargava πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-207 πŸ† Category: Seniors (9–10) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry I remember the good old days, when as a kid I would admire the stars in my grandfather’s village during our evening walks. When my uncle would join, he’d point out the constellations in the sky and […]

Thermodynamic Bankruptcy: Ecological Stewardship

πŸŽ“ Author: Anuska Ankshita Samal πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-187 πŸ† Category: Juniors (6–8) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry “We are suffering from an epistemological crisis where the biosphere is treated as an infinite externality rather than a finite crucible.” For centuries, human civilization has operated under a profound myopic delusion: the groundless assumption that […]

Climate Change Is Reshaping Our Plates

πŸŽ“ Author: Viswasritha Rao Yadagiri πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-330 πŸ† Category: Seniors (9–10) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry Climate change rarely announces itself with a dramatic warning. More often, it slips quietly into our lives through the things we know best. One morning, your coffee tastes a little less rich than usual. A mango […]

Should Ecocide Be Considered an International Crime?

πŸŽ“ Author: Japnoor Kaur πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-268 πŸ† Category: Super-Seniors (11–12) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry As climate change intensifies, environmental destruction is no longer just a scientific or political issue; it has become a legal and moral one. This raises an important question: should ecocide be recognised as an international crime? What […]

Refill vs Landfill: The War Our Pens Started

πŸŽ“ Author: M. N. Sahana πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-204 πŸ† Category: Juniors (6–8) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry My study drawer is a graveyard. Fifty-three dead pens lie inside, and I have not even started Class 8 yet. I keep them thinking that they might work one day, but they do not. One has […]

Deep-Sea Mining: The New Frontier of Global Power

πŸŽ“ Author: Radhika Mishra πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-189 πŸ† Category: Juniors (6–8) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry In the silent darkness of the ocean floor, where sunlight has never reached and life moves in mystery, lies a hidden world of rare and powerful minerals. Nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese rest beneath thousands of meters […]

How Patriarchy Fuels the Climate Crisis

πŸŽ“ Author: Viyaan Baranwal πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-283 πŸ† Category: Seniors (9–10) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry Gender Inequality and the Hidden Toll of Climate Disasters The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. As the summer arrives in India every year, taps go dry, and the news starts reporting about cases of heatstroke, water scarcity, […]

She Pierces the Fabric, Heat Pierces Her

πŸŽ“ Author: Vedant Mishra πŸ†” Article ID: WTW-SUM26-218 πŸ† Category: Super-Seniors (11–12) ✨ WriteToWin Summer 2026 Shortlisted Entry Chikankari, a delicate embroidery technique, intricately stitched with motifs of flowers and vines, inspired by the Persian culture, craft flourished under the Mughal Empire, with legend crediting Empress Nur Jahan as a major devotee and patron of […]