Comments on: Litter India

By: Mayank

Mayank — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:55:53 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Perfectly Simple. I feel they litter in India owing to lack of education or lack of good education (when we talk about educated people who also litter). However, as everyone in India keeps their homes clean but litter or throw waste right outside, sometimes the act of littering gives a sad ‘I care about myself but I don’t care about my country’ feeling

By: Perfectly Simple

Perfectly Simple — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:14:20 +0000

Shradha Mathur says ‘Litter can also exist in one’s mind and language’ this gives us a clue about how Indians see the world and why they litter. One Indian philosopher has suggested the following “While western societies struggle to maintain order and work hard to prevent natural decay of their institutions, towns and cities, we believe in taking the path of least resistance and letting the universe take its own course. We also don’t mind helping the universe with whatever means available to us. Since garbage is the only thing that a poor nation like us can afford to throw away freely, we throw garbage all around and help the universe in its quest for chaos and disorder.” IN OTHER WORDS THEY’RE LAZY!!!

By: Shradha Mathur

Shradha Mathur — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:12:30 +0000

Mr. Aroes: Milan (Italy) has more smog than India and some of the world’s most reputed economies have its population suffering with serious lifestyle diseases due to occupational stress (observed to be a result of environmental pollution e.g. aerosols, lead, CFC’s). India was never fond of tins and cans, Australia and America brought them to us. Litter can also exist in one’s mind and language, therefore, mind your language, you are referring to a country and its residents.

By: Shradha Mathur

Shradha Mathur — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:44:41 +0000

Thikana Qabar Hai Tera
Ibadaat Kuch To Kar Ghafil

By: suhan

suhan — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:54:07 +0000

THE LITTERING IS JUST A MOMENT, WHERE YOU JUDGE WHETHER TO THROW RIGHT THERE OR IN THE BIN?

By: Mayank

Mayank — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:23:10 +0000

Hi Aroes, as an Indian national I share your sentiment. Our governments over the years have done almost nothing about the alarming problem of waste in India, leave alone educate its people about littering or handling waste. A vast population of India which is uneducated or poorly educated don’t even know they are doing something wrong by littering! Indians aren’t all that bad, in fact they are very hospitable people and India is a beautiful country but I agree that the omnipresent litter here definitely overshadows India’s beauty.

By: Aroes

Aroes — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:08:50 +0000

I work in a drive thru liquor store in the outer suburbs of Melbourne Australia

We are situated in the middle of a ‘Little India’ precinct, with around 30 Indian shops including restaraunts and clothing stores and because of this, a rather high volume of our clientele are Indian immigrants

I realise how dangerous it can be to enter into racist rhetoric, but I’ll say what I’ve got to say regardless

Most indian people are pathological litterbugs. Their total lack of regard is utterly disgusting

India was always near the top of the list of places I wanted to travel to in my lifetime, but the attitudes I have witnessed over the last few years in my job have greatly diminished my desire to visit the country. If I find it so hard to stomach even on a small scale ie- constantly watching Indians throw their cigarette wrappers on the street in Melbourne, how can I expect to be able to travel through India without being absolutely dismayed and appalled?

People of India…….the world is not your bin. Kindly find one and place your rubbish in it

By: anchal

anchal — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:23:46 +0000

anjali..are you from india?
well,im doin a project on littering as my course requires me to..
id want to hv more opinions from you if you have the time.

By: Mayank

Mayank — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:34:09 +0000

Thank you, Anjali, for your insightful comment.

By: anjali

anjali — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:11:38 +0000

My sister and I have just returned from a 5 week tour of india and we were so shocked at the relentless litter throwing…On one journey we took the toy train from Mettupalayam to Ooty, a stunning train journey through the verdant hill stations, however the views were marred by the endless stream of used plastic bottles, food packaging and plastic bags. Indeed the indian citizens in our carriage were all throwing their rubbish out the windows without care and consideration for their enviroment…it was very sad to watch.

One of the worst littered places we visited on a previous visit to India in 2008 was the Elephanta Caves in Mumbai…they were so unkemp and we were utterly shocked and saddened to even see a used menstruation item in a small pond near some ancient holy carvings of Lord Shiva. It was floating amongst plastic bottles and other waste.

From the waterfalls in Wayanad to the backwaters of Alleppey… one thing was guranteed to ruin these once beautiful and natural settings for us and that was the LITTER, endless piles and plies of it on some occasions… it has actually put me off visiting India because I think that if the citizens can’t be bothered to look after their naturally beautiful land and antiquated heritage sights then why should we spend vast amounts of money in revenue as tourists?

The “litter Image” image is quite controversial and sad to see but what is even more poignant and distressing is the unfortunate and appropriate truth that this image currently exudes.