Atul Kumar, 18, was ecstatic when he found out in June that he had passed a tough examination that would allow him to join a prestigious technology college in India. But then came the next step ...

It was Atul Kumar’s 19-year-old daughter, Noor, who introduced him to Mark Haddon’s cult classic, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. “It was both fascinating and devastating ...

A native of Muzaffarnagar's Titora village, Atul Kumar studied for 18 hours a day, taking breaks only for food and sleep, as ...