Don’t just blame the older generation; the new generation doesn’t have much civic sense either in their own way.

I went to Munnar this week. It was crowded, but thankfully, we knew a local there. My friend and I borrowed his bike and went to the echo point. I love that place. There’s a small area where you can sit peacefully and listen to the sound of the river splashing. I’ve always found it therapeutic. So, obviously, we went there. But this time, we were “welcomed” by a group of Gen Z kids with their Zebronics Bluetooth speaker blasting songs. Not those small, pocket-sized speakers, but a full-blown ambala paramb level speaker. I tried sitting there for a few seconds, but the awful remix and noise drove me away. When we got back to the road, it was even worse—four buses parked nearby, all blasting Tamil and Malayalam songs. It felt like being in an ulsava paramb. The noise was so overwhelming I had to cover my ears. I don’t mind people playing songs on buses, but blasting them so loudly at a tourist spot and disturbing others? That’s just too much. Then there’s another type of problem: people eating and littering. I can’t understand why anyone would eat a full meal at a tourist spot, let alone leave their plastic plates behind. I’ve been to several places, even abroad, and I’ve never seen anything like this. These people finish their food and casually toss the plates aside, creating piles of trash. I really wish the government would step in and do something about this.