No more hush-hush
On attaining adolescence, the body and the mental state of people goes through certain changes. That's it. That's all that the textbooks in India teach children when they step into a brand-new phase of their lives: a phase of emotional instability where they need knowledge. In order to make suitable decisions based on their sexuality and to fulfil their new-fangled desires, they need legitimate sex education. We have now come to a point where people chose to cater to their sexual desires. Sex, for Indians, is treated as no more just a means of reproduction, a taboo since the 19th century. I (another teenager who has certain desires as an adolescent) was never provided with sex education— similar to most Indian teenagers today. Like almost everybody else, I attained my knowledge about sex and sexual urges through the web, and of course, through “hush-hush” discussions with peers. Naturally, the more something is hidden and concealed, the more exciting it seems. My parents were...