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Time to change now jaywalkers.

Its just Thursday. Mid of the week and nothing too interesting either. Odd office hrs has kind of drained away a lot of energy out of my body making it lethargic. Got up early somehow. Only interesting activity I could think of was to update myself with tweets received overnight. Twitter has become my new found interest. I find it more interactive and quick. We can share our thoughts to the exact person just as fast as it comes to ones mind. Thanks to a friend who asked me to get on twitter. So I checked all the tweets and done. What next. Damn this boredom. Suddenly the door bell rings. Oh. It must be the newspaper seller. I rushed to open the door to talk to him on some query. By the time I reached to the door, he was far out of my reach. Why are these vendors so fast. As if skating around and not walking. Tomorrow I will be faster than you mister. You bet.!! Collected the newspaper from the threshold. So what news we have today. Digital India launched by our government must be all...

How it all began!!!

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I am actually glad I have joined a group of active, young and vibrant members in connection with Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan. Its been 3-4 months in this team. We select a spot and every Sunday morning our group goes there to clean the area. Its something I look forward to starting every Monday. I wonder how did I end up in this team that is highly concerned with the cleanliness  and keen on changing the city to be a neat one(One of the many concerns for the nation). Well it was not an overnight happening. So how it all began?!! Its a well known fact that anywhere you walk in this country, you are sure to step on some litter or garbage spread around. Be it a vegetable mandi, road, outside school/hospital, railway station/train etc. Someone walking in front of you might just stop and spit backwards or an auto rickshaw driver would spit out gallons that proudly chewed ridiculous pudiya. I remember long back I read a news article where it spoke about people throwing garbage right out...