Tennage rebellion is a rite of passage. Few have kissed the threshold of adulthood without defying norms. George Bernard Shaw dropped out of the prison he called school before he went on to win the Nobel Prize.

Pablo Picasso would skip class to channelise his genius on canvas. And Goda, a teen poet who lived in the eighth century in present-day Tamil Nadu, expressed her love for Vishnu in such bold verses that she came to be known as Andal - she who rules the lord's heart.