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Voice with responsibility.
Power with conscience.

A citizenship-to-leadership platform educating young Indians to understand power and prepare for public leadership — starting now.

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The Podcast
Conversations on power, citizenship, and what comes next.

First full episode in production. More conversations recorded during upcoming travel to Dubai.

EP 01Delimitation & Representation — Who Does Your Vote Actually Elect?Coming Soon
EP 02Youth in Politics — Why Young People Avoid the ConversationComing Soon
EP 03Women & Public Leadership — The Gap Nobody Talks AboutComing Soon
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Why Now
India is one of the youngest democracies in the world.

Yet many young people leave school understanding equations better than institutions. That gap — between civic age and civic literacy — is what this platform exists to close.

Our Mission
We build citizens first, and leaders in training.

Power is neither holy nor evil. Every leader begins as a citizen. The Political Youth exists to make sure that beginning is an informed one.

Why
I
Built
TPY
Founder's Note
The gap I couldn't stop noticing.

I grew up around politics — watching what public service looks like up close, not as a theory, but as a daily practice of showing up for people who trusted you to. Later, working in analytics and leadership development, I kept noticing the same pattern: many young people felt the effects of political decisions without understanding the systems behind them.

"The Political Youth wasn't built to tell people what to think about power — it was built to help them think more deeply about it."

Our Belief
"Power is neither holy nor evil.
Every leader begins as a citizen."

We don't teach young people what to think about power — we teach them how power works, so they can decide for themselves what to do with it.

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A Framework for Citizens

Five questions every citizen should be asking.

Most people experience political decisions as things that happen to them. These five questions change that — they're the difference between being a subject of power and a student of it.

01
Who makes this decision?
Trace the actual decision-maker — not the spokesperson, not the party, the person or institution with real authority.
02
Who benefits?
Follow the advantage. Every policy, law, and allocation creates winners. Identifying them is the first act of political literacy.
03
Who pays?
Cost and benefit rarely fall on the same people. Understanding who absorbs the cost reveals more than any headline.
04
What incentives exist?
People in power respond to incentives, not just ideals. What structures reward this decision? What would change their calculation?
05
What are the tradeoffs?
There are no perfect solutions — only chosen tradeoffs. A citizen who asks this question is harder to manipulate and harder to dismiss.

"The Political Youth wasn't built to tell people what to think about power — it was built to help them think more deeply about it."

— Shreya Reddy Mahareddy, Founder
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Topics We Explore
The conversations you'll find here.
Political Literacy Public Leadership Governance & Policy Women in Public Life Youth Participation Society & Culture India's Future
The Journey
Every institution builder starts as a citizen.
01CITIZEN
Understanding your place in a democracy
02THINKER
Analysing power, policy, and systems
03LEADER
Taking responsibility in public life
04 INSTITUTION BUILDER
Creating systems that outlast you
Future Roadmap
Year one: 20 episodes, a growing community.
20
Episodes — Year One
100–500
Private Community Members

Civic Lab and Fellowship programmes will follow — coming as the foundation builds and the community grows.

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