Cleanliness

 As on February 23 falls the birth anniversary of Sant Gadge Maharaj, the apostle of cleanliness, this theme for our blog! This topic matters a lot as cleanliness currently is a major thrust area in the public sphere since the Prime Minister gave it a philip on October 2, 2014 on the occasion of the one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of Gandhiji. 

Sure, cleanliness first and foremost does refer to the physical surroundings. Sant Gadge Baba used to himself clean up spaces, whereas the Swacch Bharat campaign has tried to curb open defecation in the public areas. Of course, old habits die hard. Even in metro cities today, majority spit anywhere and everywhere, while any and every wall continues to be a urinal!

Sure, there is no denying that currently cleanliness is more observed, that is, followed, and is noteworthy by its quite obvious presence. Minor issues such as the 'ghanta gadi' not collecting garbage in the morning  hours when working women are in a tearing hurry, or making accessible proper modes of composting which are not easy targets for rats and bandicoots, or the municipal agencies helping with the cutting down of wild trees (that grow accidentally without their seeds being consciously planted), and without charging astronomical sums to help their contractor friends! 

Yes, cleanliness matters because it is closely related to environmental cost! Let me give you an example. These days, people have made the Kedarnath temple in to a touristy holiday destination! As it is not the holiest of holies for such visitors, everywhere there are hillocks of garbage and plastic, and  this fact does not hurt anyone! Nobody bothers to remove the eyesore left-overs of the road construction or other such building materials, et al. Anyways, these are hardly selfie points tourists love, right?!!?

In other words, cleanliness need not be only physical. Basically, it is a vision, it is a mindset. If you are (for the sake of sick fun and time pass, not to mention cheap pocket money thus 'made') eternally gossiping, harassing, ganging up against innocent victims who have nothing to do with you, neither your designer clothes nor your posh interiors are going to give you a clean look or a clean feel. Cleanliness is a h(e)aven that resides in a clean mind! Clean is as it clean thinks, behaves, treats!

Pratima@Dirty minds is where the devil resides!

Quote of the day:                                                        Pristine clean, makes everything shine, be it the home, the surroundings, and importantly, the mindset.

Word of the day: pristine                                            'Pristine' means unsullied, unspoilt, in its original condition; hence, clean and spotless as if forever new!