On Children's Day, Bengaluru’s young minds open up on their hopes and aspirations

Vasudha Zora NT

Bengaluru: Children’s day is celebrated in the honour of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who saw young minds as a gift to society and was popularly known as ‘Chacha Nehru’. On this special occasion, the children of Bengaluru share with News Trail their experiences and their aspirations.

Sahishnu Aadarsh Rallapalli, a seventh grader from Sri Chaitanya Schoolm, said, “I will be representing India alongside my teammates for a project we wish to pitch to NASA in Detroit , USA. Around 15 teams will be participating globally and the first level of the project is already approved by the scientists from NASA, but we are looking forward to making some design amends to gain better results and to make our mark in the world.”

Indu Singh, a 4-year-old of Asian International Public School said, “I can speak seven languages fluently. I like to learn more about Indian Culture and like to play with my friends. I recently won two athletics events at my school sports day and think that I will continue in the stream of athletics and bring my country a gold.”

Sanchint, a seven-yearold living in Banashankari said, “I am very empathetic towards animals, I would definitely like to do my part and help and love as many as possible. I have decided to become a Veterinary doctor. I spend most of my time tending to the dogs and cats in my area and I occasionally feed the cows and horses when they come around.”

Raghuvendra Shubham, a 10 year old Esports enthusiast from Adarsha Layout, “During Covid I picked up gaming and have played several local tournaments of Call of Duty and have gained more insight into the gaming ecosystem. I also love basketball and I have been trying out for the same in my school team, if I get selected, I will be the youngest in the team.”

Amardeep and Nishant, two best friends aged 7, said, “We like cycling and trying out new stunts, we like to spend our time together by painting and we have won several art and craft competitions in school. We work as a team, attend the same school and are partners in crime for all the major cultural events in our school.”

“I have always been a fan of football, but I don’t really see many women footballers, so that’s my aim, I want to put India on the map and be part of the Women's Football Team and present the country and make the country proud,” said an excited Nainatara, aged six.

Renee Sadhu is a 16-yearold student, doing open school and is a national level shooter. “I have always been a passionate sportsperson and I did swimming and water polo for five years and now I have been shooting for four years and due to my open school course I get ample time to practice. I will be playing the Shooting Nationals taking place in December and will try out for the Indian Team shortly,” she said.