FYI chatted up with Raksha Bharadia, the author of the Indian edition of the stirring Chicken Soup series, who has recently launched Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul

You have two teenage daughters. How difficult is it to deal with this tricky time in their lives?
My younger one, Sanaya is a tween (preteen) and Aishwarya is a teen, and it is not an easy task. At times, I lose perspective, patience andu00a0confidence in Aishwarya and myself. Despite the information available and copious advice from parents of ex-teens, I end up screaming, accusing and threatening every emotion I had sworn to never resort to. I guess once you have parented a teen you can never die of a heart attack!

How did you go about compiling the stories?
I sent invites over emails, visited blogs, and used social networking sites to access teens. I received more than 500 stories and zeroed in on 101. I further worked on the selected stories via correspondence with
contributing authors to get clarity and add more nuances.