For the people of this sub, whether you have any religious affiliations or beliefs about certain religions, don't forget your free-will. Please wake up to your government's incompetence and lack of accountability instead of supporting one merely for falling under your religious backgrounds.

It's high time now that we leave ignorance behind and aim for a country where everyone can live in equally. It's not fair when one person gets to live a life with absolute disregard of the poor of their nation and still care more about what benefits them and not the already underprivileged.

I understand it's just a video and I have no authority over how one lives their live. But you need to zoom out, look at the bigger picture and see the damage done by the millions of people in ignorance, people who have never in their life thought critically but are made responsible for billions of people's lives, it includes all of us. All of us who work our asses off to live a life of dignity but who wins? These people. They get to live a life some can only dream of and the same person is made responsible for both their lives.

Perhaps I'm just ranting at this point and life will go on tomorrow the same way, the same unfair and unfortunate way for everyone. Only a few will remain happy and content, with comfort and peace. While the rest will live the same miserable lives they fight to live. They fight to live at least a miserable life.

Think about all the people you ever saw and thought how could one live that way? Think about all the extraordinary children born into poverty. Think about why you can go buy yourself a meal today without thought but someone else has to decide between a meal today or tomorrow.

Please educate yourselves, please don't be blinded by religion, every person is still a human, everybody goes through life, everybody will pass away one day, everybody goes through the same process of life and death. Where you'll go, I'll go. Where a person eating off the side of a road goes, you go. Where corrupt rapists go, you go. Think critically and think about life keeping everyone in mind. If you really care to live a life of contentment and tranquility, do something in this life that'll bring about change for the people in it regardless of religious affiliation. Think rationally and think about improving the lives of everyone around you so you could develop your country into a superpower it has the possibility to be. Develop your nation such that all these civic matters that make life unfair and difficult can be solved. Think critically and progressively instead of having blind faith towards one religion. It is possible to live together, you're not above someone of other community and neither are they above you. We belong to the same unfair and unfortunate way of living in this country. One just has the means to buy their way out of it.

Location.

All images are from the same road. Reposted with more images.

My local Walmart supercenter has a separate isle for clearance and it's mind-blowing how they think it's okay to sell these clothes for the price given. These are clearly ruined and the stains probably won't go away but they want to sell it for freaking $14 instead of just giving it away for a dollar or 2. It is absolutely horrible how much money they make and then do this shit. Am I crazy of is this okay?

Source: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3951462

To all those who feel a sense of dread in this country because the government repeatedly seems to forget the very people it's supposed to serve:

Remember this. Governments come and go. Policies change. Political parties rise and fall. But India remains. The people remain. This land remains. It's the same land we inherited from our ancestors who fought for it.

The rivers remain. The laws remain.

The dreams of millions remain.

And here's the hard truth, nobody is coming to save us, it has to be us, and it has to be now.

I don't care what religion you follow, what caste you belong to, what language you speak, what state you're from, or which political party you support. If we don't stand up for ourselves now, it'll be us and our children paying the price for the corruption, incompetence, and apathy we tolerated.

True patriotism isn't blindly defending your country when it's wrong, this post is also for those who have been brainwashed, remember, you haven't lost your freewill yet. True patriotism is demanding that your country live up to its highest ideals. It's refusing to accept corruption because "that's just how things work." It's refusing to accept injustice simply because they come wrapped in the flag. It's refusing to accept incompetence because we've gotten used to it.

Look around. Poor infrastructure, garbage piling up, polluted rivers, broken systems, discrimination, corruption in places where it should never exist. And somehow we're expected to accept it because criticizing these things is seen as being anti-national. NO, we need to raise the standards. This is not how it's supposed to be. And if you think otherwise, you've never really experienced your government serving you!

Wanting better for your country is one of the most patriotic things you can do right now.

And I get it. A lot of people don't want to stand with one political party. They don't want to be associated with an agenda. They don't want to get involved. Yes, that's your choice.

But when you see something wrong and choose to do nothing, you're still choosing to live with the consequences.

You can leave this country if you want. But what about the billion-plus people you leave behind? Wouldn't you rather stay and watch your country develop into the superpower it has the potential to become than walk away simply because the problems don't affect you directly?

And to those who say protests are pointless and that nothing will ever change, maybe that's because you've never had to live with the realities that millions of people face every day.

You've never spent hours commuting in unbearable heat just to reach a job that barely pays enough to survive. You've never had to squeeze into overcrowded public transport, walk past piles of garbage on your way home, or wonder whether the food and water you're consuming meet even the most basic standards of safety.

You've never been robbed in broad daylight and left helpless. You've never had to deal with an official demanding a bribe for something that should have been your right. You've never been injured because basic infrastructure and safety standards were ignored.

You've never spent years studying, sacrificing, and giving everything you had in the hope of earning enough to provide a decent life for your family, to have children, to support your old parents, only to find that the system is working against you at every step.

For millions of people, these aren't political talking points. They're daily realities of most of us. You could down-vote me for it, get my post deleted but honestly, I'm doing my part. I'm not scared anymore because I've lost everything in this country, I have given my last bit of hope to some corrupt people in positions of power just to let my family live. I have nothing to lose and so should you.

And if those who don't suffer these problems refuse to speak up, you have not lived a day.

So people,

Why can't we raise our voices?

Why do we act like nothing can change?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak said, "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it."

Swaraj wasn't just freedom from foreign rule. At its deepest level, it means self-governance, self-respect, self-responsibility, and the right of citizens to shape their own future.

And that means the responsibility doesn't end with the government. It's our responsibility too. Because governments don't magically appear out of nowhere, we elect people, we build institutions. It's our people who built this nation brick by brick. Our people who still live in poverty. But now, we must decide what behavior we tolerate and what behavior we reject.

The struggle for Swaraj did not end in 1947. Every generation must earn Swaraj anew.

And understand this clearly: the fight is not against each other.

It's not against people who vote differently from you.

It's not against your neighbors, your friends, or your communities. IT IS NOT AGAINST ANY ONE RELIGION. We lived peacefully for thousands of years until greed came into the picture. Democracy shouldn't favor religion, doesn't matter which.

The fight is against apathy. Against ignorance. Against corruption.

Against the belief that ordinary people can't make a difference

We've been divided against each other while the real problems remain untouched. People are fighting over religion, caste, language, and politics while basic issues affecting millions continue year after year.

And honestly? Sometimes it feels like that's exactly how those in power want it because a divided population is easier to manage than a united one demanding accountability.

If we can't stop one area from becoming a dumping ground, how are we supposed to clean up corruption on a larger scale?

If we aren't willing to raise our voices when something is wrong, who the hell will?

Stop waiting for a hero.🙌🏻

Stop waiting for a revolution.🙌🏻

Stop waiting for the perfect political party.🙌🏻

Find people who care.

Build communities.

Support people trying to fix problems. Build a stronger force the people in power can't break.

And if no community exists, create one.

Whether it's fixing a local issue, exposing corruption, improving education, helping the poor, protecting the environment, or simply making your neighborhood a better place to live, it has to start somewhere.

One issue at a time.

One community at a time.

One person at a time.

Because real change doesn't happen overnight. It starts when enough ordinary people decide they've had enough and refuse to stay silent.

Imagine a thousand people decide to start a local community for change today. Just think about how much we can achieve together. We could have everything we dream of in this very nation, we can build this country together!

If you've read this far, don't let this be another post you agree with today and forget tomorrow.

Be the person who keeps the conversation going and refuses to accept that things can't get better.

Keep the flame alive. Keep the ideas alive.

-Written by a man who lost everything he ever loved in a single lifetime before reaching its end.

Abhijeet Dipke’s “Cockroach Janta Party” has emerged as the unexpected voice of young people feeling let down by the government and struggling to find jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/asia/cockroach-janta-party-india-movement.html

Improving India’s litter situation requires combining grassroots behavioral shifts with stronger civic infrastructure. Real change happens when strict enforcement meets cultural engagement—redefining how society views shared public spaces.

Here are actionable and systemic ways to make India better in terms of litter:

The Right Infrastructure

• Accessible Dustbins: Cities must install and frequently empty standard recycling and trash bins in high-density areas, markets, and transit hubs.
• Household Segregation: Segregating dry and wet waste at the source prevents overflow and makes recycling highly efficient.
• Corporate Accountability: Banning non-recyclable plastics and heavily incentivizing a circular packaging economy can stop single-use waste at the manufacturing level.

Strict Enforcement

• Fines and Surveillance: Following the success of cities like Indore, installing CCTV cameras and enforcing strict, immediate fines for littering and public spitting is highly effective.
• Whistleblowing Apps: Regional state governments and municipalities can expand civic watchdogs. For instance, using apps like Swachh Delhi allows citizens to report illegal dumping directly to "Nuisance Detection Squads".

Education and Community Action

• Grassroots Awareness: Schools and workplaces must teach the importance of proper waste disposal to instill habits from a young age.
• Civic Ownership: As demonstrated by the "The Ugly Indian" movement, organizing local, volunteer-driven cleanups empowers citizens to take pride in their immediate surroundings.
• Public Campaigns: Launching localized cleanliness competitions and partnering with local influencers and religious leaders can help foster a shared, national responsibility.

Let's make India A Better Place To Live FFor Us and The Next Generation!

Context: I work at a gas station, our toilets get clogged because people keep dumping toilet papers inside instead of using the big-ass dustbin right beside the commodes.

So the customer came with a complaint of clogged toilet, I was work the shift alone, I had already unclogged 2 times that day and it gets busy during the day. She was expecting me to drop everything and go unclog it. The cleaning guy usually comes and around noon everyday. I said I'm too tired of customers dumping toilet papers inside and she left this review right after leaving the store.

And the boss said I should have handled it better, not that I was supposed to clean it, but man some customers really think they're in a freaking 5 star hotel. Just ranting I guess, pisses me off that she has a 5 star law firm on Google maps, and she comes here leaving reviews for things like this. It's a fucking GAS STATION, Im not Cleaning customers poop off the toilet every hour goddammit.

Individual brokerage account on Schwab. Fairly new to the market. What suggestions do you experienced people have here?

Edit: WHY ARE PEOPLE DOWN VOTING LOL??

Buxar: A newly inaugurated railway road overbridge (ROB) near the Itadhi railway crossing in Buxar developed a major structural defect just four days after opening, triggering safety concerns and demands for a high-level investigation.

The Rs 26-crore bridge suffered a partial failure when the slab resting on pillar number 5 suddenly sank, leaving a gap of more than one foot on the carriageway. Following the incident, the district administration barred the movement of heavy vehicles on the ROB.

Officials said the approach road connected to the bridge was also damaged. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been tasked with carrying out repairs. Heavy vehicles will remain prohibited until the restoration work is completed.

The railways has refused to reopen the Itadhi level crossing, which was closed on May 31 after the ROB became operational. Railway officials said any decision on reopening the crossing would have to be taken by the Railway Board