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Article History

Received: 8 May 2025

Accepted: 9 February 2026

First Online: 2 April 2026

Declarations

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: The present study did not engage any intervention and clinical procedure or sensitive personal data. It followed the ethical principles guidelines formed by Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving Human Participants (2017). As the study was based on anonymous online survey and document analysis, formal ethical approval by waving off the ethical approval granted by the departmental research committee of Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies, Manipal University Jaipur. All participants were briefed and informed about the purpose of the study, the voluntary nature of the participation, and their right to withdraw at any time. Submission of the online survey form constituted informed consent to participate. No identifiable or sensitive information was collected during the data collection period.

: Participants were briefed that anonymized data might be used for publication for academic purposes. As the study did not collect data pertaining to personal identifiers, consent to publish anonymized data was implicit through survey submission.

: The authors declare no competing interests.