I’ve already heard more than a few times the dreaded words of a child in the midst of summer break: “I’m bored.” Or my daughter’s version: “I’m Sooooo bored!” Of course the complaint is not an ...

“Boredom is an urban phenomenon,” explains Dr Anjali Chhabria, president of the Bombay Psychiatric Society. • Sudhir (16) has been sitting at home the past two years. He isn’t physically impaired, ...