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Children shouldnt carry the burden: Social activist Sundeep Bhutoria urges Centre to enforce 10% school bag rule

Kolkata: Imagine six-year-old children, barely out of kindergarten, bent forward under a bag weighing nearly a quarter of their own body weight. This isn’t a hypothetical scenario. It is a crisis in plain sight, a reality for millions of Indian schoolchildren — and a health concern that Kolkata-based social and cultural activist Sundeep Bhutoria has now thrust into the national spotlight.

by Trans World Features September 04, 2026