New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- In an engaging and heartfelt interaction today, thousands of first-year students from more than 1,300 higher-education institutions across India, including IITs, IIMs, NITs, and AIIMS, connected with global humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

They put everything on the table, from the meaning behind the popular Korean heart emoji to the spiral of thoughts that keeps many young minds awake at 2 am.

When students asked whether to choose situationships or soulmates, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shot back with a question: "Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Would you like it if you chose someone as your soulmate and they only chose to see you as a situationship? What would you choose then?"

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