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You know I live in Sikkim , a part of India and you do not see a single beggar here, I was not born here but I am here for past two years due to some Job. When I now go down to cities and plains, all I can see is Garbage and Beggars. When I was living ther,it never bothered me too and I hardly noticed may be somedays the plight and pollution disturbed me too, but never in the way it disturbs me now. I got eye infection while being on raod for evening in Delhi. I was born there. In Sikkim there is poverty but no beggars and people work in fields and get their food from Jungles but work hard to put food in their mouths. There is no garbage dumps in the city or elsewhere, you cna walk barefoot in the main market , its so neat. People walk on footpaths and you can not see hawkers anywhere. All shops have dustbins in the front, they have orchids in the middle of the walking plaza they have made. If one state can do so why not every city, its all up to us. Here also when tourist come at night you can see near the benches, wrappers, cups lying in the market. But shopkeepers here clean it up themselves an throw all in the dustbin next morning. Its their culture. I feel ashamed of the outsiders that come here and feel what the lepchas and Bhutias feel about us then. They say only outsiders from Sikkim, do not obey traffic rules and do not throw wastes in the bins. Sadly they are true.

May be because Sikkim is at a higher place than New Delhi and the population is huge so, there is less chance of a person to for a agriculture work, besides here people from all places come and live which makes it difficult for all of them to come and have a work to live. Life is difficult in Delhi. I have had many friends from NE and almost all of them had problems with heat and pollutions but most of them have now adapted to the situation. I have had a good friendship with two manipuri girls who worked with me in a call centre. One of them had Meena as her first name and I was quite surprised to see her becaue with the name I thought she would be a north Indian but she wasn't. She was good in Hindi language too!

Even one person can make a difference, In Assam, India , there was a simple farmer who hugged a tree when the Governement ordered some trees to be cut and area to be cleared up. They tried to move him but he didn't budge and even didn't move when they brought saw near enough. His move made a whole village then whole district to stand up for the trees and it led to the famous "Chipko" movement. "chipko" means to stick to something, in Hindi. We all do have an impact on this Earth and all of us can make a difference, just have to believe in our efforts.