NATIONAL CLEANLINESS DAY - Monkmart
-ANANDAN R In India, Cleanliness day, January 30 is considered as Cleanliness Day as an effort of commemorating Gandhi's death memorial. Why Gandhi? he was the face of the Indian freedom fight against the imperial British forces. He based his principles and teaching on the pillars of the importance of cleanliness to be followed all over the country and followed the ahimsa . He realized the importance of cleanliness and made it to be reflected in his teachings. We have an old saying in Tamil which goes like, “ சுத்தம் சோறு போடும் ” . which translates to cleanliness never fails to feed. This is the level of importance we had for cleanliness, from the olden days. We celebrate the cleanliness year after year, with preaching and pledges taken and to be forgotten in the instant that it is taken. This indicates the existing distinction between the practice and preaching that we as a people follow and leave for future generations. Often, we could find that our house is bei...