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Just like Sunita, Deepak also writes about his thoughts in a diary. Deepak studies in Class 10 and lives in a village in Chhattisgarh. Here’s a page from his diary.
 

I can’t believe what I saw today. How could Lokesh be roaming around with Sunil and his gang! He is such a sincere student. Is he not worried about his image as a good student? Sunil often smokes bidis and gets into fights. Once I spotted him smoking under a tree near the pond. He offered me a bidi, but I refused saying that I was in a hurry to reach home. He laughed at me saying I was a coward and not behaving like a man. He started teasing me that I should change my name from Deepak to Deepika. He told this to the other boys in his gang. Now all of them tease me and call me Deepika. Even I want to be popular in school and belong to a gang. But I hate the smell of bidis. It makes me feel like vomiting.  Sometimes I think, not all men smoke bidis or cigarettes. Then why do I need to smoke a bidi to become a man. I feel very bad when they tease me and I try to stop my tears. If they see me crying then they’ll tease me even more. I remember when Sunil got less marks in Maths he was crying. They made fun of him saying that he was crying like a girl. 

                                      Sunil



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