Explainers

How the education machine actually works. Plain language, every claim sourced, no party line. These are the long-form versions of our Instagram posts — built so you can link them, cite them, argue with them.

Coming soon

• Who actually runs your exam? — NTA, state boards, UPSC: who appoints them, who they answer to, what happens when it goes wrong.
• Anatomy of a paper leak — how NEET 2026 was compromised, step by step. From the paper-setting room to the WhatsApp group.
• Why re-exams take years — the legal and bureaucratic maze after a leak is proven. Spoiler: the system is designed for delay.
• The NAAC rating game — how colleges get graded, why those grades decide everything, and what CBI found when they actually looked.
• 4 lakh teachers, zero appointments — the recruitment-vacancy crisis, state by state. The jobs exist on paper. The people don't get hired.
• NEP 2020: promise vs reality — what the policy said, what actually changed, and what quietly didn't.

Each explainer drops as an Instagram carousel first, then as a sourced long-form piece here. Follow @khulikitab on Instagram to catch them first.