I was deeply inspired by your column about being a hero, but I am so full of negative feelings all the time. How can I ever become a hero?”
Vidya, 19 years.

How will I know when a boy is trying to deceive me? I mean, when he says he loves me but all he really wants is sex…” Alisha, 16 years old.

I fell in love with this girl, but on our first date, found out that she wasn’t pure. I have been shell-shocked and hurt, but can neither leave her nor get over this,” wrote 21-year-old Javed.

I get up every morning and tell myself I want to enjoy life at office today. But I end up preoccupied, nervous or just plain sad. At night, I look back and realise that I failed once again. Tell me how to enjoy life. Make it a short answer, something I can hold in my heart.” — Divya, Age 26.

No bike no chick. That’s the rule. Super bikes get you super hot chicks… I want that super bike. I desperately want it. I wish my dad was rich. I wouldn’t be so freaking miserable.” —Vikas, 19 years old.

Lovey lovely article... so nice to wake up to sense on a Sunday morning :)” wrote Swati, a 22-year-old.

When I was very young I remember feeling happy for no reason at all — just happy to be alive. Nowadays I try to feel it, but never succeed. Is there anyway I can learn how to get that beautiful feeling back?” asks 18-year-old Shraddha.

My father keeps telling me to find my ‘creative silence’. What is it? Does it exist at all? Why do I need to find it?” asks Akaanksha, 17 years old.

When will our society arrive at a stage where people are not labelled winners and losers? Why are we always pitted against each other, made to compete for everything? Why do we make life so damn tough for others? I need to know this immediately,” says 14-year-old Prithvi.

letter from a girl who has shyly signed behind a pen name of a flower: “I’m in a relationship with a guy for the past seven months, we love each other a lot but...