LLFMF-1 : keep your living premises clean !

This one's a very serious issue and a cause of numerous quarrels between me and my dad.
Somehow, 'Unkept living area' culture is a bonus that comes with an engineering degree done anywhere in India. And so I too was abundantly blessed with it.

I remember an old article (During college days) written by Subrato Bagchi in his Business World column 'Arbor Mentis' about unkept apartments of Single Indian software Engineers in US . I had let out a gentle giggle back then. But that lasted only until my dad pulled me over.

There is a culture of 'Sainik Sammelan' in all Indian armed forces.This is a normally a place for general discussion and Information sharing. I have at times listened to what my Dad speaks at these functions when he chairs them. He always stresses on cleanliness of the living area. 'An uniformed force's Barracks is best distinguished from a ordinary colony by the cleanliness that it offers to our eyes. It is also a mark of discipline and sets standards for civilians to follow'.

Agreed. Cleanliness is in someway related to personal discipline.i regard my dad as a strict disciplinarian & I personally had a taste of it when I saw my father clean up the entire house himself every morning during a recent visit to my home. My mom was away to my brother's place and needless to say, the house was spotlessly clean & sparkling.

Thats about the first little learning in LLFMF.While you reflect on that, let me get my mound of unwashed clothes moving.