Aamir Khan
Age: 17

“I never disclose my complete name usually. People often pull my leg about it. This is probably the first time I’ve mentioned my full name  in one go to somebody that I’ve met for the first time. When I enter the classroom, teachers say things like ‘Look who just walked in, Mr. Aamir Khan’. Students, you ask? Do you not know how students are? Some of them are also jealous of my name. Students are always jealous of someone for something or the other. They’re always passing unnecessary judgements and comments… Yeh unki prakritik den hai (it comes naturally to them). They’re also not very focused. They’re usually WhatsApp-ing or something while the teachers teach. I don’t have a phone. I’ll get one after I complete my schooling. I don’t want to distract myself right now. I’ll have all the time to fuss over a phone after school.”

– As told to Tania Goklany. She met him at Samiksha Shiksha Sanstha in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar.