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India celebrated its 68th Independence Day this year. Just imagine, it has been more than 6 decades since we won our freedom back. We have accomplished a lot, but many struggles continue still. The struggles of our ancestors were different from those that we face today.
Hike , the #1 Indian messenger, ran a Twitter campaign asking the youth how they’d want to #HikeUpIndia . The response was massive.
The largest democracy in the world has numerous voices waiting to be heard. And when they got a chance to speak up, this is what some of them had to say:
Many decided to bring about a change by changing themselves:
This Independence Day I pledge to not leave a fan running, Let’s save electricity. #HikeUpIndia @hikeapp
— Divya (@JadduJhappi) August 14, 2014 
Let us take an oath to actually go out and vote during elections of all types. #HikeUpIndia @hikeapp
— *OldSchool*NewThots* (@heena29784) August 13, 2014
Let’s #HikeUpIndia and save our beautiful monuments from all the pan masala red spit marks. @hikeapp
— Harshu jain (@Positive_Nature) August 13, 2014
Some were assertive about the pertinent issues they brought to the table:
When you witness a crime, have the sensitivity to complain and lodge an FIR. #HikeUpIndia @hikeapp
— Hetal Patel (@Hetal8485Patel) August 13, 2014
Make India a meritocracy, not quota-crazy. #HikeUpIndia @hikeapp
— Alnoor Kotadia (@AlnoorKotadia) August 13, 2014
We need to stop turning a blind eye to everything that does not concern us! It’s time to be responsible citizens! #HikeUpIndia @hikeapp
— Krunal Parikh (@kp_85) August 13, 2014
There were complaints:
@hikeapp You can vote, drive and marry, but can’t drink till you are 25. #HikeUpIndia
— Manobala (@ManobalaV) August 13, 2014
@kp_85 @hikeapp #HikeUpIndia Yeahh some people are soo stupid to honk when the signal is red…they expect to fly over the cars!!
— Shweta (@Chidiyagiri) August 13, 2014
And there were aspirations:
To truly #HikeUpIndia , we need the whole of India to become a free wifi zone @hikeapp
— Vinay #Birthday Boy (@vinaylohia82) August 13, 2014
Some celebrated little victories:
Finally getting to watch Kabbadi and happy that it’s getting attention now… #HikeUpIndia support Kabbadi @hikeapp
— TheWanderer (@iShilpa_) August 13, 2014
And some celebrated the #1 Indian messenger:
@hikeapp Line is Japanese, Wechat is Chinese, Whatsapp is American. #HikeUpIndia by using the #MadeInIndia @hikeapp
— O.M.A.R.V.i.S. (@omarazamii) August 13, 2014
Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle ugle hire moti mere desh ki dharti….. so use @hikeapp deshi app and #HikeUpIndia #HikeUpIndia #HikeUpIndia
— kameleshneema (@kamleshkammo) August 14, 2014
Hiding your chats is an Indian thing. And so is poking your nose into someone’s phone. #HikeUpIndia with @hikeapp
— Chirag Gupta (@ChiragG14) August 13, 2014
It took so many years for India to get freedom, but Hike did it in just less than 2 years from Whatsapp. @hikeapp #HikeUpIndia #Happyhiking
— Ajit Kumar ⚡ (@ajitkumarrajan) August 13, 2014
Staying connected with my kanjoos friend even when his data is off via @hikeapp #HikeUpIndia
— Divya G (@divyaszaika) August 13, 2014
And then, there were some amusing ones:
On a lighter note to #HikeUpIndia girls should be punished every-time they #friendzoned or #brozoned a guy! @hikeapp
— Nakul (@Superhuman786) August 13, 2014
The day we understand that the black cat crossed the road only to get to the other side of the road, we will #HikeUpIndia
— prashantnandan (@nandanprashan) August 13, 2014 
