“I will not let
anyone to walk through my mind with their dirty feet”-quote by Mahatma
Gandhi has lot to say. Pure heart and mind with positive approach is certainly
strong enough to drive away negativity and can always welcome new constructive
changes.
Mahatma Gandhi words left a significant impact on us are so much alive
in our hearts. He always taught to start doing things without wasting time and
set an example for others, and mentioned “Be
the change that you wish to see in the world”. He did what others thought
and said while others were thinking; his thoughts brought a change in our
country.
The campaign:
In view of bringing cleanliness part of nation, “Swachh Bharat” campaign was started on 2nd October
2014, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Swachh means purity in all essence and aspects. “A clean mind maketh a clean
environment.”
Whenever we visit foreign countries we are awestruck by their clean
surroundings and we too keep very much care and follow the rules. But usually
returning to our motherland we don’t do that.
What is that which is stopping us? Ever pondered?
So what needs to be done on primary basis?
My Swachh Agenda:
Right Attitude:
Firstly, it’s not that hard to change and bring in cleanliness. According
to me we need to zero in a change in our mindset with immediate effect. Our thought process needs renovation; leading
to a better way of living. A positive approach towards every small thing is the
key to unlock big doors towards cleaner & hygienic India.
Our Home:
Secondly, we usually care for the things we own or possess and take
care but we don’t even care for our surroundings, national monuments, heritage
of country. Why not we respect all the places we visit. Consider all the places
as you own it, then one may never make it filthy. “अपना मानोगे तभी स्वच्छ बनाओगे"Consider nation as your own to make it clean and hygienic as one
does for home.
Our steering wheel:
Schools
are being made part of these campaigns as habits developed in childhood are
there for entire life. Children are
becoming icon in their house and neighborhood by teaching and educating the
importance of sanitation and hygiene. The young brigade can surely make the difference by
guiding their elders to a right direction.
Time to Act:
It
time to act now, time to teach by putting things into action. If we want others
to follow it is our duty to perform and set an example.For instance we can
educate people about the necessity of sanitation and working with them to reach
the goal. A small leap could be a chain
reaction resulting in myriads of leaps .
Brighten our Hope:
A
change could be slow and less reflective in the beginning, but if we have hope
then surely we may reach out to our objective giving our future generations a
better place to live as, “The future
depends on what you do today.”― Mahatma Gandhi
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The trendsetter:
Many nation icons are part of this movement to set an example for
general public. Amitabh Bachhan, nation’s icon of Bollywood and world
recognized actor is associated with this campaign, so let’s be part of a team
which is surely going to win in course of time.
One should never give up as the beginning of anything new is bit tough
but slowly the fruits of it ripen to sweeten our life, so keep contributing
your bit. Dettol along with NDTV is
spreading awareness about sanitation and Swatchh Bharat. For more
information about this, please visit http://swachhindia.ndtv.com/ .It’s time to get united and make a
permanent change in each citizen’s life with sanitation and cleanliness being
part of their routine; for which Robert Collier very aptly quoted that ”Success is the sum of all small efforts,
repeated day in and day out.”
This post is a part of SwachBharat campaign by Dettol & NDTV in association with Indiblogger.
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