India, March 24 -- A 14-year-old boy was arrested in Bagalkot, Karnataka for raping a 12-year-old girl. Three other boys, all of them class 9 students who filmed the crime, have also been arrested.

In southwest Delhi, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death. His 15-year-old friend was injured, by four other boys in daylight, the crime captured on CCTV.

There's the 20-year-old who learned that his parents were disinheriting him in favour of his elder sister, and so he killed all three of them.

If the headlines of the past month-and this is just a tiny sample-don't convince you of the crisis amongst India's young men and boys, then look at data: 37,780 juveniles were arrested for various crimes in 2022. Of these, 7,844 were for cognisable...