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CIVIC SENSE !! Ep - 12, Part 1

In today’s podcast, “Tu Bol,” our guest is Anurag Sharma — a mathematician, writer, filmmaker, and corporate trainer with over two decades of experience studying education, leadership, and human behaviour. Today, our topic of discussion is “Civic Sense – The Invisible Backbone of a Nation.” This episode goes beyond everyday complaints about cleanliness or traffic rules and enters a deeper, more uncomfortable space — the collective behaviour of citizens in a society. Civic sense is not merely about following laws or avoiding fines. It reflects how much responsibility we feel toward spaces that belong to everyone. It is visible in small daily actions — respecting queues, maintaining public hygiene, obeying traffic discipline, protecting public property, and acknowledging that shared spaces require shared accountability. Yet, across many parts of India today, civic responsibility often seems to be fading. Public spaces are treated as someone else’s responsibility. Rules are seen as optional. And the idea of “ownership” toward the nation frequently stops at emotional slogans rather than everyday actions. This topic becomes crucial because civic behaviour is not just about cleanliness or order — it directly affects the dignity of public life, the efficiency of institutions, and the image of a nation before the world. A country’s infrastructure can be built by governments, but its culture of responsibility can only be built by citizens. When civic awareness weakens, systems collapse under pressure. When responsibility disappears, blame becomes the default response. And when everyone expects someone else to fix the problem, society slowly begins to fragment. In today’s conversation, we will try to understand not just what civic sense is, but why it often disappears in practice. Our discussion will move in three stages: 1. In the first stage, we will explore what civic sense truly means — how behaviour, upbringing, awareness, and social conditioning shape the way citizens interact with public spaces. 2. In the second stage, we will examine the deeper causes behind declining civic responsibility — from systemic failures and education gaps to social psychology and the “someone else will fix it” mindset. 3. In the third stage, we will discuss what genuine change could look like — how individuals, institutions, and communities can rebuild a culture of responsibility and ownership in everyday life. This podcast is relevant not just for policymakers or educators, but for every citizen who believes that the strength of a nation is reflected not only in its economy or infrastructure, but in the behaviour of its people. Because in the end, civic sense is not about rules imposed from outside — it is about responsibility accepted from within. 🔗 Instagram: @antinelephantstrunk #CivicSense #ResponsibleCitizenship #TuBolPodcast #PublicBehaviour #MindYourCivicSense #IndianSociety #OwnershipMatters #CivicResponsibility #NationBuilding #HumanBehaviour #RespectPublicSpaces #SocialAwareness