tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post4919811281538439454..comments2024-01-05T08:23:27.097+05:30Comments on Musings: Malarkey?anilkurup59http://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-5468009673754272392014-10-28T15:51:39.382+05:302014-10-28T15:51:39.382+05:30@ rudraprayag,
I beg to differ from you in the ma...@ rudraprayag,<br /><br />I beg to differ from you in the matter of photo opportunities and the publicising of activities of public figures ostentatiously.<br />The manner in which these folks go about their cleansing acts with regard to Swachh Bharta and the wide coverage visual media gives them is ridden with hypocrisy, sham and banality.<br /><br />Doesn't it make sense if these guys came down dressed in casual labour clothes and spent a couple of hours a week in social service?<br /><br />Anything short, is to me insincere.<br />By The way what are we doing to avoid littering and polluting?<br />Why no ban on polluting factories, why not pull up municipalities that care a hoot for sanitation?<br /><br />Finally thank you for the appreciation of the blog and writing.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-25926853517829443112014-10-28T13:06:51.079+05:302014-10-28T13:06:51.079+05:30I am always bit late to view useful posts like thi...I am always bit late to view useful posts like this.First of all let me thank the P.M for his slogan because that lit a bright lamp of this article in'Anil kumar Kuup'. Well-expressed views in alluring words.<br /><br />Regarding migration I think almost all the continents and subcontinents will have millennium-old migrants(Pardon if I am wrong because history is not my cup of tea,though I love it).So millennium-old <br />in-habitation has made people adapt this soil's sense and essence. <br /><br />With reg:to cleanliness slogan and photo-oriented exercises,only such things can hold the fingers of illiterate and ill-fed to toddle to the aim. Otherwise nothing will strike their minds to at least initiate a cleanliness step.<br /><br />Then cleanliness is a step ahead of godliness and that is why cleanliness is next to Godliness.<br /><br />I appreciate your style of writing about what you feel right here.<br /> rudraprayagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775039913655864157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-50857066280914643502014-10-25T09:53:23.464+05:302014-10-25T09:53:23.464+05:30@ Haddock,, Yes indeed it has to come from within....@ Haddock,, Yes indeed it has to come from within.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-66780162609113827432014-10-25T09:53:23.209+05:302014-10-25T09:53:23.209+05:30@ Haddock,, Yes indeed it has to come from within....@ Haddock,, Yes indeed it has to come from within.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-78128790921425130152014-10-25T00:32:19.481+05:302014-10-25T00:32:19.481+05:30I think this will happen only when it comes from w...I think this will happen only when it comes from within and that will happen when our kids are taught with example - both at home and school. Till then don't expect miracles.<br />Meanwhile what you said is true - that the PM means business and intends good.Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-39646944810213168022014-10-24T20:58:22.284+05:302014-10-24T20:58:22.284+05:30@ Insignia
THis is B, yet another exercise in sha...@ Insignia<br /><br />THis is B, yet another exercise in sham.<br />I was disgusted yesterday when I went to the elite Trivandrum press club for an event. I was passing towards the Chief press officers room which is also the guest room where dignitaries are received and greeted, and the room is adjacent to the lavatory. The stink of urine and all muck was so overwhelming that I wondered about the lady from the US consulate in Chennai who was one of the invitees yesterday.<br /><br />I felt ashamed.<br />Modi or no Modi the change has to come from us.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-88345797359470491792014-10-24T20:58:21.349+05:302014-10-24T20:58:21.349+05:30@ Insignia
THis is B, yet another exercise in sha...@ Insignia<br /><br />THis is B, yet another exercise in sham.<br />I was disgusted yesterday when I went to the elite Trivandrum press club for an event. I was passing towards the Chief press officers room which is also the guest room where dignitaries are received and greeted, and the room is adjacent to the lavatory. The stink of urine and all muck was so overwhelming that I wondered about the lady from the US consulate in Chennai who was one of the invitees yesterday.<br /><br />I felt ashamed.<br />Modi or no Modi the change has to come from us.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-17711688854069685152014-10-24T14:13:05.922+05:302014-10-24T14:13:05.922+05:30One can't achieve cleanliness by cleaning mess...One can't achieve cleanliness by cleaning mess. It has to be starting with prevention of mess. <br /><br />And we need an initiative, reminders and public figures to be teaching this? Isn't this the basic of lessons for us? Insigniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819054091062923489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-70891805679221706252014-10-22T10:06:01.234+05:302014-10-22T10:06:01.234+05:30@ Tracy Terry,
Thanks Tracy for the comment. This...@ Tracy Terry,<br /><br />Thanks Tracy for the comment. This country is a cauldron of contradictions and the people too.<br /><br />@ Ordinary Indian Woman,<br /><br />Yes I fear so.<br /><br />Thanks for the visit and comment. Hope to see you regularly<br /><br />@ Rama Ananth,<br />Oktoberfest cleanliness! I love thatanilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-202590969499574532014-10-22T08:53:07.307+05:302014-10-22T08:53:07.307+05:30We can claim it to be our Oktoberfest of cleanline...We can claim it to be our Oktoberfest of cleanliness!<br />Dress code is white khadi kurta and khadi waist coat, and khadi pants with stylish long brooms. One whole day we can see crowds of people cleaning the streets, after that what?Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-90605538539633675862014-10-22T05:03:44.145+05:302014-10-22T05:03:44.145+05:30What a pitiable state we are in, where the governm...What a pitiable state we are in, where the government is stepping in to ask us to clean up! May be the PM has good intentions of cleaning India, but how much do we the people understand and follow cleanliness in questionable. As for the programme itself, I am cynical too and feel it may end up as a one day in a year affair.Ordinary Indian Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498763668045014556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-80129469566920351152014-10-21T18:39:35.814+05:302014-10-21T18:39:35.814+05:30Yet another insightful and eye-opening post. It re...Yet another insightful and eye-opening post. It really is fascinating to see a country through the eyes of its people and not just the media who lets face it as you rightly point out all too often have their own agenda.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-52632881366708379722014-10-21T14:37:15.448+05:302014-10-21T14:37:15.448+05:30@ Usha Menon,Locomente,BK.Chowla,Rama Annanth, Par...@ Usha Menon,Locomente,BK.Chowla,Rama Annanth, Parthasarathi<br /><br /><br />Shobha De with a broom?<br />You must be joking Bk, Sir a wild dream perhaps?<br />Certainly not belittling the "Swach Bharat" slogan or the idea. But looking back till yesterday I prefer to be cynic and say that the idea might stay a slogan an empty one at that.<br />Indeed things cannot change overnight, but it has not changed for centuries. We have excuses, alibis and reasons for all the rubbish we do. Sweden and Singapore are not INDIA and remember Swedes are not Indians either. A race that don't care a hoot for the environment or even basic sanitation.<br /><br />I wish my cynicism is proved wrong.<br />Why not , why cant these Babus who did not miss a photo opportunity with broom in hand volunteer to do social , community service( manual) two hours every week end?<br />That will be a revolution of sorts , powerful unlike the annual dance with broom in hand on October 2nd.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-39746440500350062212014-10-21T14:35:36.345+05:302014-10-21T14:35:36.345+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314240044112275262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-52847566386917950772014-10-20T20:53:56.336+05:302014-10-20T20:53:56.336+05:30If someone starts a Swacch Bharat movement we der...If someone starts a Swacch Bharat movement we deride them.The sweeping by dignitaries is a symbolic act to convey the message and not meant for photo op.Clean Ganga has been started.Things cannot be changed overnight when we have been wallowing in filth.Some beginning has been made,some baby steps taken which should gather momentum if sustained follow up efforts are taken.<br />Sweden or Singapore cannot be compared with India.It is a huge country mostly poor,illiterate and wanting basic facilities.Let us praise and motivate the laudable steps taken instead of being skeptical.KParthasarathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189924874350906456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-61275421306823906132014-10-20T20:10:22.596+05:302014-10-20T20:10:22.596+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-73894548315303810602014-10-20T20:10:09.171+05:302014-10-20T20:10:09.171+05:30Though all of us want to see a clean India, we may...Though all of us want to see a clean India, we may never get to see one in our lifetime, thousands of Modi cannot was off the dirt from our country.We may have advanced in education, and many other things, but we are very backward as far as our mentality towards cleanliness is concerned. The change has to come from within, one cannot teach,or force one to be clean. <br />In Singapore, our guide was telling they don't need a police to fine them, for the idea to be clean and keep their city clean has been drummed into them right from their birth.<br />It was really offending to be told by the guides not to throw papers etc. on the streets, as if as Indian tourists we were more likely to do it, if we were not warned constantly.<br />Maybe it is true with most Indians, for we can never learn anything from anybody , nor change by ourselves.<br />We can only have Ministers going on foreign tours, saying they are going their to study the roads, toilets, and infrastructures. All bullshit!Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-17913030440356914132014-10-20T18:49:43.685+05:302014-10-20T18:49:43.685+05:30It is terrible .Celebrities holding brooms,muck be...It is terrible .Celebrities holding brooms,muck being shown on the roads.Can you imagine Shobha De with a broom?<br />Unless we ourselves learn civic sense,no amount of Photo Ops will workBK Chowla,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03869011550287421537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-18970595105617088982014-10-20T17:24:56.006+05:302014-10-20T17:24:56.006+05:30I respect the "Swach Bharath" initiative...I respect the "Swach Bharath" initiative. At the same time, I feel bad. We Indians need an initiative even for cleanliness. we need persuasion, inspiration and motivation. <br /><br />You know, everytime I see someone spit on road, I feel like cutting his head. When I see someone throwing something on road, I feel like killing them.<br /><br />In short, We must be the changeLocomentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891335111277665181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-8161661209626011532014-10-19T16:31:18.798+05:302014-10-19T16:31:18.798+05:30This is a very thought provoking and insightful p...This is a very thought provoking and insightful post. Swachh Bharat is nothing but a slogan. All those who went to office that day were very very unhappy. Senior Officers took brooms only to be photographed. It is merely a farce.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682758228934966786noreply@blogger.com