‘The new generation wants conversations’

‘The new generation wants conversations’

In the age of digitalisation, it is not easy to be a teen. With social media crafting our sense of selves and technology assuring us a place in the status charts, young minds have been more overwhelmed now than ever. Journalist and Abu Dhabi-based author Jyotsna Mohan Bhargava's new book, Stoned, Shamed, Depressed, closely examines the battles India's teens are faced with and what makes their lives impenetrable for the adults. Excerpts from an interview...

Lately, a number of books have explored lives of India's millennials. Your non-fiction focuses very specifically on teens. How are their challenges vastly different from that of the millennials? What led you to explore their internal lives?Two things led me on to this journey. Firstly, over the last few years, it has been the fascination of