Indians and Cleanliness

Today, in the Suprabhatham program in Asianet, they showed an interview with Santhosh George, maker of the Sancharam series of video travelogues. It was interesting to listen to his talks. He seemed to be simple, frank, and straight forward.

When asked to compare the Malayalees with other people, with respect to cleanliness, he said that the Malayalees just bath twice a day, that’s all. As far as keeping one's country clean, Malayalees are like barbarians, he said. I would agree with this. For us Malayalees (or for all Indians, for that matter), cleanliness means keeping our house clean. If we throw all garbage out of our houses, that’s more than enough.

Sancharam is a unique travel program, and I have enjoyed watching many of its episodes.