Deepti Menon's article (Open Page, May 23) on Clean India made a huge impact on my mind, reminding me of the indelible paan marks that are the landmarks of our staircases and streetcorners. Why is it that we Indians do not mind dumping our garbage in someone else's backyard, while washing our front portals with cow dung and drawing rangolis every morning? The authorities should ban spitting as they did smoking.
Raju Umamaheswar,
Coimbatore