Srinagar, July 11 -- For years, Kashmiri children lived with a kind of silence the rest of the country rarely understood.

Schools were shut down by situation, and classrooms replaced by uncertainty. When online learning finally arrived, it felt like a miracle.

A screen became a lifeline, offering education, connection, and some normalcy.

But that same screen is now doing something more sinister.

It is creeping into bedrooms, mealtimes, even toddler feeding routines, warping the way children think, feel, sleep, and grow.

What began as digital empowerment is slowly turning into a crisis.

Across India, nearly 470 million children under 18, almost 39% of the population, are growing up in this digital swirl. And as the country aspires to...