Japan is not a small city. It is a large, crowded country of islands, mountains, farms, and huge train stations. Even so, it looks unusually clean.
That does not happen by chance.
The first lesson is taught to children. They clean their own classrooms and often the toilets. Many walk to school and learn the road. They are told that a shared place belongs to them too. A child who has wiped a floor is less likely to treat the street like a dustbin.
The second lesson is social. Litter is not only against the law. It is shameful. Neighbours, shopkeepers, and station staff notice. Public bins are few, so people take their rubbish home. You carry what you create. That one habit does more than a thousand campaigns.
The third lesson is daily work. Stations are swept before the morning crowd. Shopkeepers wash the pavement outside their door. People remove shoes at the entrance of a home. Toilets are built so they are easy to keep clean, and they are checked often.
Culture helps. Dirt was long seen as something that stains more than the floor. Washing, sorting trash, and not walking around dropping food became ordinary manners.
After the war, Japanese cities were messier. Campaigns, rules, and a better standard of living rebuilt the habit. A big country is not kept clean by one authority. It is kept clean by routine.
Every school, every rail company, and every local office repeats the same small acts. A large country stays clean when millions of ordinary people do a small duty every day, and when leaving a mess costs you respect.
Public is expected to do a lot of things...
No overseas travel, no purchase of Gold, no weddings abroad, pay multiple taxation....
Babus and mylords and politicians ke liye bhi some restrictions be there... Work at least few hours, try to be honest and do something good for the nation!..
There’s a Nepalese man on the news crying because he has lost his family in these terrible floods.
He says the floods were 10 times worse than even the worst floods they’ve ever seen.
I know people get irritated with people like me going on about climate change, but these are the stakes.
A lot of people are going to die, potentially millions, at worst billions.
I just can’t understand why the media and politicians cannot reflect what the scientists are telling us about the urgency of this moment.
URGENT:
My parents, Ramesh and Neelam Sharma are currently missing following the flood at the Nepal-Tibet/China border. They are both U.S. Citizens.
If you have any direct contacts in Nepal, Gyirong/Tibet, local hospitals, rescue operation, government/ media - PLEASE DM me.
i made a website where you can watch India being built, live.
every day, things are being built, launched, discovered and improved across the country. I wanted one place where you could actually see all of it happening.
happy independence day 🇮🇳
https://t.co/y5yT87zZH9
Sometimes you get lucky and the market presents you with a dislocation. The best time to show your conviction is when the rest of the world is on the other side of the trade.
This is what a hero looks like.
A young lifeguard rescues a 10-year old boy while being punished by powerful waves in California.
What an incredible display of courage and determination.
A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him.
he spent two years designing an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not erase memories formed during the caterpillar stage.
This line from Atomic Habits isn't ready to leave my head:
"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment."
The ultimate flex in any social situation is just listening to others without needing to talk about yourself. It’s interesting how much it stands out when someone does this. Clear sign of confidence.
Though the ruling party’s ecosystem praises Nirmala Sitharaman as the best finance minister, I have explained many times, with details, why she is the worst finance minister in post liberalised India.
I was not surprised when she said that the NEET re-exam gave students an opportunity to prepare further.
She has always been insensitive, arrogant, and completely detached from the reality of day to day India.