Decided to do something very different today -b'cos of Republic day- so instead of the daily  morning walk I headed towards the airport and joined a band of sweepers sweeping the airport road. Most of them were wearing radium coated reflective jerseys and i cajoled one meek fellow to part with it for sometime, of course for a price. I have'nt swept my home for as long as i can remember and here i was hanky tied over my face and in total anonymity  sweeping the road and learning the tricks of the trade by the minute from the band of sweepers. Since it was early morning & misty the flights had'nt landed as yet it was an easy job but......................................................................

1.  This is a job you have to do always bending down. A back breaking job no doubt!
2.  The litter on the road is awful--sticky bubble gum caked with mud -paan which does'nt come off easily--I saw some sweepers removing these firm implantations with their fingers!!
3. Easiest was sweeping the leaves from trees but then the heap of collected debris always had plastic cups/dung/pan parag pouches/cigarette butts/crushed bottles/discarded slippers/ & a whole host of a variety of discards.

Within minutes after  the flights landed in the airport the road was a race track with taxis speeding at breakneck speed to their destinations. Some of them opening their windows to fling their cigarettes or spit out paan (so early in the morning!!). Some of the cars were pretty close to my sweeping colleagues.  My heart goes out to those sweepers who toil to keep our city clean which gets dirty by the minute. 
 
Getting back home, I thought you should  know of this experience & maybe you will personally do what I did and mail your experience.