After 75 years of Independence, the India story is still one that every young person in the country is constantly discovering. And it's one that comes out differently depending on who tells it, where they're from and what language they speak. This is what some of India's smartest, brightest and best-spoken students had to say about what the country has achieved in the last 75 years and what we can look forward to in the next 75.

Charuhasini Chaitra Madasu

Meridian School, Hyderabad

Minerva Siddhi

DAV Public School, Bhubaneswar

Advait Anand

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, T Nagar

Shreeja Mallick

Shiv Nadar School, Noida

Khai Jun Divakar

The Choice School, Thiruvalla