What India’s Young Citizens Want in 2025 | Constitution Day Special | Samvidhaani Pitaara
On this Constitution Day, Samvidhaani Pitaara turns its attention away from experts and textbooks, and towards the youngest citizens of the Republic — its students. In this special episode, We the Students, host Shilpi strolls across the Azim Premji University campus and invites students to confront questions that have challenged India since its founding. Should a nation prioritise freedom or equality? Is unity possible without diversity? Should power lie with the Centre or with the states? And if they could travel back in time and speak to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, what would they ask him?
Through these voices, we encounter a generation that is not content with memorising constitutional values but is actively thinking about how those values shape everyday life. Their concerns span from accessible mental-health support and stronger protections for LGBTQ+ communities to the belief that education must be entirely government-funded and available to every child — not as charity, but as a right.
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This episode is a window into how young people interpret the Constitution they have inherited — how they grapple with its promises, confront its gaps, and imagine what it means to live under it.
On a day that celebrates equality, liberty, and justice, We the Students offers a timely reminder that the strength of a democracy is not measured by reverence alone, but by the willingness of its citizens — especially its youngest ones — to question, reflect, and care.
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Akshay Ramuhalli, Bruce Lee Mani, Gorveck Thokchom, Kishor Mandal, Kruthika Rao, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Ram Sheshadri, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Shilpi,Tanvi Avlur, and Velu Shankar.
Special Thanks to Gurbani, Hera Reddy, Dhanyaa Shri, Dhrishita, Dhanraj, Himanshi, Divyanshu, Rushi, Siri, Sejal, Saurav, Sneha, Fahad, Fatima, Dipti, Himanshu & Vaibhav, all students of Azim Premji University for being part of the episode.