Being an Indian Teenager

Book excerpt: In today's world being a teenager is not really easy. There are different challenges that we have to face, decisions to make and roads to take. The people and the environment around us greatly affect the way we think and act as teenagers. Being a teenager can be hard but at the same time, it is fun. We daily face new experiences. At this point in our lives, we feel like we are neither children anymore nor really grown-ups too. Teenage as we all know is one of the most important and memorable period of a person's life. This is the period during which we face and feel a lot of things ranging from our changing physical appearance, increasing body weight, parents constantly comparing us to our friends and relatives, peer pressure, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and much more for the first time. 'Being an Indian Teenager' is an anthology containing stories, poems and articles from some established and some new writers. They have tried their best to portray every feeling and emotion that they have faced as Indian teenagers.