Pooja Kohli
20, Second year student of BBA, Jammu University Udhampur (J & K)
What I Want In Life
I want peace. And though it sounds funny I want scope. I want a chance to be successful. I want my country tocreate more jobs for us. I want to be of use to the nation and can do anything for it, but I want the sameopportunities that somebody of my age gets in the rest of India.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want the quality of education to be improved in my state. There are very few schools and even fewercolleges. I have to do MBA from some other city like Chandigarh because there are very limited opportunities.There are no jobs and the few jobs that are there don’t pay well at all.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I want to work for my country by looking after the elderly. Every one talks of doing something for childrenbut we completely ignore the older generation. I want to visit old age homes and work for their cause.
Reeni Dhar
17, Student of 12th standard, Science stream, Delhi Public School, haridwar, (Uttaranchal)
What I Want In Life
I want to be financially independent. I want to earn as soon as possible. I don’t want to rely on anybodyfor my basic necessities. I also want emotional support from my family and want to remain close to themforever. I want my own money so that I can look after my family and fulfil their wishes.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to ensure greater safety for women in India. Women should be able to travel and work ontheir own without worrying about their security. They should get respect and be treated as equals at theirworkplaces or even while walking on the road or sitting in a bus. I want an end to the current spate ofviolence against women.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I would like to set an example for all small town women in India by proving that you can be successful and bigeven if you are from a middle class family. I want to do something to change the mindsets of people whobelieve that women should play only certain roles and they should not aim beyond it.
Shivaz S. Sekhon
19, Computer Engineering student, Computer Languages Teacher at Tata Infotech. Chandigarh
What I Want In Life
I want masti in life. I want happiness. I am not over- ambitious. I take each day as it comes. I spendatleast Rs 5000 on my friends and myself in a month. But that’s because I’ve started earning from the ageof 18. I also assist my dad in his business and I end up making around Rs 10,000 a month.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to give me people who are loyal and sincere. Don’t know what it is about this country thatmakes people so dishonest and lax about everything they do. I want pebble free dal and urea free milk. Is thattoo much to ask?
What I Want To Do For My Country
I am willing to work hard and put my heart and soul into my work for my country but I need to see someresults. I want to go abroad because the word ‘India’ stands for corruption right now. You just give andgive and give. What you get in return is nothing compared to what you would get for the same effort abroad.
Hina Pant
21, Final Year Psychology Honours student, Fergusson College, Pune (Maharashtra)
What I Want In Life
Success is very important to me, whether it’s professional or personal. I want to be a clinical psychologistand I am willing to study as much as required for it. I plan to do a PG and a Ph.D. after this. So that means7 more years of studying. But it’ll all be worth it in the end
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to give me a decent standard of living. I want something back in return for every time Igo to vote. It shouldn’t be like right now, where politicians promise you roads that never get built until amonth before the next elections and the construction stops promptly after the polls are over.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I am willing to help change the system. I am willing to stand up alone and be counted for my honesty andscrupules and face whoever comes in my way. I am willing to rise above the herd mentality for my country.
Abhishek Bannerjee
19, student Of B.E.(It), Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal (MP)
What I Want In Life
I want my life to be adventurous. I want to do adventure sports like para sailing, river rafting andrappelling. I want to be close to nature. I want to spend months in the Savannas photographing some exoticspecies. I want to bike cross-country on my Harley Davidson. And for all this I need to have the means.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to chuck all politicians out and bring in army rule. We as a nation can function wellonly under the ‘lathi’. That is the way to bring cleanliness and orderliness to India! Jokes aside, I wantmy country to give me good governance, good roads and basic amenities for all.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I don’t believe in social service. There are other people to do it. But, if there is any calamity like sayan earthquake, in any part of the nation, I’ll be there for my people. I don’t know though, if I wouldcontribute monetarily because donations rarely reach the intended destination, but I will help in any way Ican.
Jaspreet Singh Sandhu
16 ,student of 12th standard, Science stream, Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School, Meerut (UP)
What I Want In Life
I want to achieve a certain status in life. I should command respect from people around me. May be that’swhy I want to join the army. Army will bring discipline to my life and at the same time I’ll get to travel alot and interact with so many people. I want to spend time with my family and friends.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to give me clean cities, unlike all the dirty ones we live in. I want my country to giveme a well-maintained law and order system instead of the utter lawlessness that prevails today. And I want mycountry to eradicate the poverty we see around us.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I think I’ll sit for the NDA exam after 12th. Although, I believe in the ‘take it easy policy’,
I dream of joining the army. Hence I am willing to even kill for my country. That’s how much I love it.
Ira Chatterjee
20, Second year student Of Law, National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (West Bengal)
What I Want In Life
I want less censure on youth activities by the government/ authorities. They make issues out of superficialthings like couples hugging in public or going out in the night rather than focussing on the real issues ofeve-teasing, crime against women, drugs etc that are gaining alarming proportions in our cities.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want a clean and safe environment from my country. I want us to protect our heritage, our monuments andour greenery for the coming generations. I want my freedom but I want it to be backed by protection from agood, caring support system.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I am training to be a lawyer, so I can do my bit by not charging poor people for their cases and also takingup larger causes close to me irrespective of the monetary benefit. I am willing to and will put the countrybefore myself in all that I do.
Tsering Choden
21, Pursuing BBA through correspondence, Gangtok (Sikkim)
What I Want In Life
I want to lead a normal, regular life without too much uprooting. I want a decent job that helps me lead adignified life. I want a sense of belonging. I probably feel this way because of my Tibetan lineage. I want mycountrymen to not look at me in wonder because of my different features.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to move out of the ‘third world’ domain now. Economic development is how most of ourproblems shall be solved. Also we have to get rid of this gross mis-management of resources that takes placehere. How can people die of starvation in a country that has a surplus of grains stocked away that mice arefeasting on?
What I Want To Do For My Country
For my country I am willing to jump into the sea, even if I knew no swimming! I can do anything required. AndI’ll make a start by adopting a child. I think there are millions of homeless, parentless kids out there whoneed to be loved and educated who’s lives are waiting to be changed for the better.
Divya Manchanda
19, Engineering student at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, part time model, Bangalore (Karnataka)
What I Want In Life
I want Abhishek Bachchan! On a more serious note, I feel, I seek contentment from life. I should be able toaccomplish whatever I dream of and I dream big. I want fame, money, glamour and recognition in whatever I do.I also want to fulfil my parents’ dreams along with mine.
What My Country Must Do For Me
My country has given me everything that I could ask for. We have a rich culture, warm people, great food,everything. I believe that we live in a society and we must live by it but I want an end to corruption that’sconsuming all our lives.
What I Want To Do For My Country
What I am willing to do for my country is to teach a child. That’s my way of making a positive difference tomy country. We need to tackle illiteracy head-on. If each one teaches one, imagine what a country we can getto be.
Dr Sandeep Patel
25, Cardiothoracic Department, Narendra Mohan Heart Centre, Fardiabad (Haryana)
What I Want In Life
I want satisfaction in my life. Satisfaction at the workplace and satisfaction at home. I want to be a goodfriend, a good son and a good doctor. I don’t want success that much. I believe in making the effort. Evenif I am not successful at doing something, I want to be satisfied that I tried and gave it my best shot.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to genuinely start caring about her people. It’s time that the government started thinkingand working for the benefit of the masses. It’s time that there is an end to all this "vote bank"politics that’s taking us nowhere and defeating our objectives even before we start.
What I Want To Do For My Country
In my capacity as a doctor, I shall do whatever I can for my countrymen. There have been quite a few occasionswhen I have paid bills from my own pocket so that a needy patient might get medical aid. And I am willing todo that over and over again. Anything for the nation.
Nitin R
22, Trainee with Glaxosmithkline, Sonepat (Haryana)
What I Want In Life
I want a life free of tension. A life that is free of pressures, where everything falls into place,automatically. I should be comfortable financially and happy at home, that’s all. Should have enough cash tonot have to worry about how the last days of the month are going to pass if I’ve overspent on shopping abit.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to become a super power. And for that it needs to be rich. I want more privatisation of thepublic sector. I want my country to be so powerful that even America can’t exert any pressure on us and wecan blast Pakistan anytime it tries any of it’s stunts with us.
What I Want To Do For My Country
Incase, there is war, I am ready to go on the front and risk my life for my country. Otherwise, I want to beassociated with NGOs that bring cheer to the poor and the destitute like CRY. Once I’ve become settled in mycareer, believe me, I am going to go all out to support their cause.
M Jagan Mohan
22, Editor With Mindspring Pvt Ltd., Chennai
What I Want In Life
Very little really.I am very contended with my life. I grew up the hard way and my father couldn’t pay formy education after 12th. I worked side-by-side while I was in college. My job now, has given me everything Iever wanted. Now I want to spend whatever extra money I have on poor orphaned children.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want only one thing from my countrymen and that is compassion. We have everything we need in India, thetrouble is somewhere down the line we’ve become too self-centred. We need to behave with more compassion andtolerance towards each other. I want only one religion in this country- that of humanity.
What I Want To Do For My Country
Four of us have set up a charity club called Plightride. Every month we go to a different orphanage and leaveour contact numbers with them. Then they get in touch with us and give us a list of things they want and wepurchase it for them. We hope to contribute to the society in our little way forever.
Mrs Vinita Ann Aram
24, Accountant with Job2career.Com, Cochin (Kerala)
What I Want In Life
I want love in my life. I got married last year and since then love has become my 1st priority. My husband andI feel that we need to understand each other more before we think about having children. I seek mental peacein every sphere of my life- be it at home or at work. I want happiness and laughter all around me.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to promise me communal harmony. We’ve had enough hatred and violence spread in the name ofreligion by vested interests. We must learn to look through these kinds of people and live in peace with eachother.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I do my bit for the nation by donating to charitable causes. I help create funds for treatment of cancerpatients. I also donate to Mother Teresa’s orphanages and to her home for mentally retarded children.
Parul Mahna
25, Teacher at Radha Madhav Public School, Bareilly (UP)
What I Want In Life
I want to make the most of my life. I want to live and not just exist. As a schoolteacher nothing brings memore happiness than when I see that "I know ma’am" look on my students’ faces. I don’t want a veryfast paced life. Going daily to school to my students and coming back home on time to my parents suits me justfine.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to give us better opportunities in education. Better infrastructure and better techniques ofteaching should reach every school in every remote corner of the country. We should be kept abreast with allthe latest global advancements in education. I want plans to move out of files and to be put into practice.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I want to impart skill to my students and not just be bothered about finishing the course. Teachers inbigger cities get better paid than us, but the satisfaction that we get here because we make a difference to achild, a family and a whole city, is better than any other feeling in the world.
Neha Lakhanpal
21, Final year student of BA (Economics and Geography), St Beads College, Shimla (HP)
What I Want In Life
I am a total business girl! There is nothing I love more than enterprise. I want to start my own business,be involved in every aspect of it and watch it thrive. My father is a businessman so I might join his businesstoo. I don’t like to sit at home. When I get married I’d like a husband who understands my need to work.
What My Country Must Do For Me
I want my country to give me more transparency in the system. We must know what the government is doing forus and if it has been of any use. We need to know the backgrounds of our politicians and how many times they’vegone to jail. It’s a democracy and we deserve our right to information.
What I Want To Do For My Country
I am a part of our college society that makes an attempt at bringing awareness about various diseases tothe people. We try and tell them about AIDS, Hepatitis and other health issues. Even after I graduate I’dlike to carry on with this work and teach villagers about hygiene and sanitation. If there is awareness,development will follow for sure.
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