As Maya is excited to turn twelve, with her birthday around the corner, she notices bodily changes in herself. Upon discussing these with her mum, she learns that all adolescents go through puberty. Maya learns about menstrual health and hygiene, including proper ways of taking care of herself and her body. As a result, she is able to have great fun on her birthday.

Meera’s parents described her as a bubbly child growing up, but after her 13th birthday, her friends and family noticed was receding into herself more and more. When her favourite aunt spoke to her about this, Meera confided in her about how crushes and potential dates are all her friends seemed to talk about nowadays, and she could no longer connect with them, or see what the fuss was about boys– and this made her feel strange. Her aunt then laughed and told her about how she was her own person and may soon find she perceives attraction differently compared to her friends– but the one thing she shouldn’t lose is who she is.

Every day, Sanam walks into school with a school backpack full of feelings like sadness, anger, and worry; yet, she doesn’t know how to talk about it and it just keeps getting heavier. When her friend finally asks her privately one day what’s wrong, Sanam begins to share. Her teacher then introduced the class to a “Feelings Circle” and here, Sanam learns that talking about emotions doesn’t make them scarier.. but lighter and that there are ways to talk about difficult feelings and get through them without feeling alone.