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Coaching centres of Delhi: The ecosystem that feeds on aspiration

What started in the 1990s as a few coaching institutes kicked off a trend that led to dawn of a profit-hungry industrial complex feeding on dreams of millions

Published on: Jul 31, 2024, 23:57:41 IST
By Paras Singh
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A rickety staircase leads down to a cramped room within the basement of a four-storey building in South Delhi’s Kalu Sarai. Nearly a dozen students are attending a class in a room with no windows, preparing for their IIT-JEE exams. The houses in this lane are so cramped that even sunlight barely makes it through the narrow gaps between the buildings. Low-hanging electricity wires hover barely a few inches above the heads of pedestrians packed into the lanes.

People walk past boards of coaching centres in Laxmi Nagar. (Amal K/HT Photo)
People walk past boards of coaching centres in Laxmi Nagar. (Amal K/HT Photo)

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Paras Singh

Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor. He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life. He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure. Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. A graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Having extensively covered the capital's evolving civic and governance landscape, his recent work increasingly explores Delhi's history, built heritage, urban evolution and the relationship between people and place, alongside continuing to report on governance and public policy.

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