Cleaner India

India's new prime minister, Narenda Modi, has a vision for a cleaner country.  He'd like to make it trash-free as well as free of corruption, and he talks about it.  It's kind of overwhelming but it gives people hope that things can change.

"Four years ago, a senior government minister, Jairam Ramesh, shocked many when he said that Indian cities were the world’s dirtiest and that “if there is a Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.”

PM Modi is not alone in his goal. "“There is an unspeakable amount of filth around us. We must shake up our numbness to it,” said Robinder Sachdev, who leads a campaign called Come, Clean India."

"“Some momentum is building up among the educated middle classes in the big cities. They are becoming aware that their global aspiration is not consistent with their tolerance of filth.”