Dear teen friend, I am glad that last week’s column saw you boost up your confidence. At least now you know you are creative, but you don’t know where to go from here. Well, listen up.

I was born stupid and non-creative. I have nothing original to say about anything and it hurts.”
— a teenager

I was born stupid and non-creative. I have nothing original to say about anything and it hurts.”
— a teenager

I am all J over the way my ex-GF is making out with another guy and burning up with rage from weeks. Cant think of anything else. Help. — A teenager.

The news is full of outraged people asking for justice, but I think no one is looking into the real causes. Why are girls getting sexually assaulted or molested in such numbers all across India? Has anyone looked into long-term solutions? What’s the truth of the matter?
— A teenager from New Delhi.

I look at the mirror and don’t know what to say. Give me one reason to smile at my age.
— A reader who is in his late 70s and full of apprehensions.

My dad is so irritating. He tells us to have cold water baths in winter. He tells us to skip a meal sometimes. It’s very irritating when someone talks like that. Let him do all those things, I mean, why is he forcing it on us?
Rachna, 15 years

I am torn within. My girlfriend has left me, and all my buddies seem like rivals now, as she is calling all of them, chatting with them on FB, maybe even dating them. I have no friends left. I hate myself for what happened.
— A teen in a crisis

When the world around me is boiling, what do you expect me to do?”
— Excerpt from a long letter from a teenager

Do I really need to write exams? I mean, how is the stupid “valency” useful to my life? I challenge my dad to write even a Class VII chemistry exam. When he can be successful in life even after forgetting all his science, why should I be punished to learn it now?
A teenage school boy (who seems to have failed his chemistry exam)