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DECEMBER 2009
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17 participants. 4 days of edutainment. The 14th edition of TEEN OF THE YEAR had some great moments of fun and frolic as participants, volunteers and organizers gelled together to create a life-changing experience. The 17 finalists came together for the grand finale in Mumbai from November 5-8, after going through zonal qualifiers at Jaipur, Guwahati, Indore, Mumbai and Chennai.

SITTING (L-R): Geet Rathi, 16, Surat; Priyanka Sequeira, 19, Mumbai; Sushumna Billore, 15, Indore; Bhawna Morwani, 16, Jaipur; Tahani Manaquib, 17, Indore; Darshan Vohra; 18, Vapi.
SITTING BACK ROW (L-R) Anubhav Bhattacharya, 15, Jorhat.
STANDING (L-R): Aashima Praveen, 16, Jaipur; Aayush Arora, 18, Delhi; Namitha Vivek, 17, Chennai; Shruti Caroline Gogia, 15, Pune; Saumya Khemani, 17, Siliguri; Tanya Pinto, 17, Pune; Shanmugha Priya M, 16, Coimbatore.
STANDING BACK ROW (L-R): Lindya Doyel, 17, Chennai; Sagar Gupta, 16, Jaipur; Siddharth Rawal, 16, Mumbai.
The general mood on all 4 days was not so much of competition but of cooperation. Was it a competition at all? Nay, as many participants shared at the end of the fourth day, it was more of a self-discovery journey. Each one learning more about themselves through games, interactions and personal sharing. The Teenager takes you through the inside story of TEEN OF THE YEAR 2009.

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