Anant Jhunjhunwala, 22, engineering student, Manipal:
“I hate the fact that people who work for the government lack common sense and education. The system is corrupt and forces us to be a part of it to a certain extent.

Carmel Moghbelpur, 22,
special educator for individuals
with autism, Bhubaneswar:
“The way people take physical relationship so casually. Its normal, its casual, this happens in love, it was just for fun…No…wrong is wrong.”

Neema Lath, 32, Fashion Designer , Kolkata: “The lack of a national leader and the disillusion with the current political scenario.”

Aninda Ghosh, 25, key account manager at P&G, Chandigarh: “Young Indians face a lot of time constraint because of work pressure and poor work life balance.”

Nitasha Panda, 22, journalist, New Delhi:
“Human trafficking!”

Kapin Chandra,30, manager at Indu Techzone , Hyderabad: “The environment needs to be taken care of.”

Varun Iyer, 21, intern at SN Industrial Consultants, Bangalore: “Corruption is a major issue in the country as it is widespread in every field. There is parliamentary paralysis and politicians are not scared. We need a strong anti-corruption bill and electoral reforms and independence of the CBI as well.”

Shwetha Prasad, 21, engineering student, Chennai: Corruption is a pressing issue in the country as it makes people not care about the sanctity of politics. It makes people lose faith in the system. Class issues is also a problem.”

Aditya Guha Roy, 23, CA student, Hyderabad: “The rising prices of commodities and the government policies is one such issue. A liter of petrol costs 74 bucks out of which, 48 is meant for various state and government taxes. The Indian tax structure is one of the world’s most complicated ones. Being a chartered accountant and knowing about this, I feel that the salaried class of people (the middle class) suffers the most which is not fair".

Shalini Chandra, 26, team leader at Google, Hyderabad: “I think breakdown of families is a major problem in the country. Poverty and global warming are issues too.”

Sanchali Roy, 22, journalism student, Mumbai: “Gender inequality and discrimination against women are major problems today.”

Prateek Gupta, 22, analyst at Ernst & Young, Bangalore: “I think the falling value of the Indian rupee causing inflation is a major problem.”

Pooja Illapani, 27, housewife, Bangalore: “Corruption in education and corruption in the healthcare system, with the recent AMRI case in Kolkata, are by far the two most pressing issues. As a young Indian, I know I am not safe as there are always chances of my seat being bought by the highest bidder.”

Ravi Illapani, 30, technical manager at Convergex, Bangalore: “I face a lot of problems with drinking water. I never had to bother about the availability or quality of water, be it tap water or bottled when I was abroad. In India, it’s something that I worry about the most. Drinking water from a tap is non-existent and there is no guarantee if the bottled water we get is safe. What I want to see is an affordable and reliable source of drinking water in both urban and rural settings.”