These are some of the questions that many young people have asked us. At TARSHI, we run a telephone helpline on reproductive and sexual health issues. People from all walks of life call in. Since 1996, over 20% of the 55,000+ calls have been from young people between the ages of 10 and 21 years. They have a lot of questions, doubts, misconceptions and interesting viewpoints but not many sources of accurate information about sexuality. We feel it is important that you have information that will help you be a happier, healthier, and more in-charge-of-your-life sort of person. Because questions and information needs vary with age, we have prepared two sets of booklets, in Hindi and in English. ‘The Red Book’ is for 10 to 14 year olds, and ‘
The Blue Book’ is for 1 2 those who are older. This is a rough dividing line. Feel free to use whichever booklet that suits your needs.