Characters:
1. Sutradhaar (Narrator): With a drum (Dafli) or rhythmic clapping.
2. Kachra Rakshas (GVP): A loud, villainous character representing the garbage pile.
3. Common Man (Papa): Patriotic in words, but lazy in action.
4. Beti (Child): The emotional heart of the story.
5. Modern Citizen: The one who knows about the Swachhata App.
[OPENING: THE GATHERING]
(All actors enter in a fast circle, clapping with a heavy beat.)
All: (Shouting) Suno! Suno! Suno!
Sutradhaar: (Beat) Desh ke dushmano ko toh sabne maara hai!
All: (Beat) Lekin kachre ke rakshas ne humein lalkara hai!
Sutradhaar: (Beat) 26 January aayi hai, Shaan ki baari hai!
All: (Beat) Par dekho nukkad pe, kachre ki bimaari chaai hai!
All: Suno re duniya waalo… SWACHHTANTRA ka naara!
[SCENE 1: THE BIRTH OF GVP]
(Common Man enters with a black plastic bag. He is humming a patriotic song.)
Common Man: “Mera Bharat Mahan…” (Looks at his bag) Arre, kachre wali gaadi toh nikalgayi. Chalo, is nukkad pe phenk deta hoon. Kal toh 26 January hai, Municipal wale raat kosaaf kar hi denge.
(He throws the bag. As soon as it hits the ground, Kachra Rakshas (GVP) jumps out with a loud laugh.)
Kachra Rakshas: “Ha ha ha! Welcome, welcome! Ek thaili aur! Dosto, tum mujhe ‘GVP’ kehte ho Garbage Vulnerable Point. Main tumhari LAAPARWAHI (carelessness) se paidahota hoon. Tum phenkte jao, main badhta jaunga!”
[SCENE 2: THE SATIRE ON ILL-EFFECTS]
(The actors circle around Kachra Rakshas, acting like they are sick.)
Sutradhaar : Jab ek jagah kachra jamta hai, toh kya hota hai?
Actor 1: (Acting like a mosquito) Main Dengue hoon!
Actor 2: (Acting like a fly) Main Typhoid hoon!
Kachra Rakshas: “Main badbu hoon! Main naaliyon ko karta jaam hoon! Main tumharebacho ki sehat ka dushman hoon! Par darrne ki kya baat hai? Tum hi ne toh mujhe yahanbasaya hai!”
[SCENE 3: THE EMOTIONAL CORE (The Flag & The Filth)]
(The mood shifts. Music becomes soft/serious. Common Man’s daughter, Beti, enters. She is holding a beautiful Tiranga and some tape.)
Beti: (Excitedly) “Papa! Papa! Dekho, sabne apne-apne gharon pe jhanda lagaya hai… Par maine socha humara ‘Nukkad’ toh sabka hai, toh main apna Jhanda yahan is pole pe lagaungi! Yahan se Sab dekhenge toh kitna Garv mehsus karenge na?”
Common Man (Papa): (Proudly) “Bilkul beta! Humara Tiranga toh humari shaan hai. Lagao, sabse ooncha lagao!”
(Beti runs toward the Nukkad. She stops abruptly. She covers her nose with her sleeve. She looks at the huge pile of garbage where the Kachra Rakshas is standing.)
Beti: (Voice dropping) “Papa… Yahan? Is dher ke upar??”
Papa: (Hesitant) “Beta… thoda dusri taraf karke laga do.”
Beti: (Realistic & Piercing) “Side mein kahan Papa? Jahan tak nazar ja rahi hai, wahan taktoh aap logo ne kachra phenka hai. Kya humara Tiranga is sadand (rot) aur badbu kebeech lehrayega? Kya humari ‘Aan, Baan aur Shaan’ kachre ke dher par khadi hogi?”
(She tries to reach for the pole, but the ground is slippery with filth.)
Beti: (Staring at the flag in the dirt) “Papa… log kehte hain Tiranga jhukna nahi chahiye… Par yahan toh humne use lehrane ke liye thodi si jagah bhi nahi mil rhi . Aapne kaha tha kihumara desh ‘Maaahan‘ hai… par kya Mahan desh aise dikhte hain papa ?“
(A heavy silence. The Papa looks at his hands, then at the trash he threw. He is speechless.)
[SCENE 4: (Swachhata App)]
(A Modern Citizen enters, holding a phone high like a torch.)
Modern Citizen: “Nahi Beti! Humara desh aisa nahi rahega. Papa ne galti ki, par ab hum isesudharenge. Hum sirf royenge nahi, hum ispr ACTION lenge!”
Common Man: “Lekin ye dher toh bahut bada hai. Main akele kaise saaf karun?”
Modern Citizen: “Aap akele nahi ho. Nagar palika aapke saath hai, par aapko unhein batanapadega! Dekho ye ‘Swachhata App’!”
Sutradhaar: (Loudly)
“Step 1: App download karo!
Step 2: Is GVP ki photo kheencho!
Step 3: Complaint file karo!”
Modern Citizen: “Aapki complaint seedha Municipal Corporation ke dashboard pe jayegi. Unki team aayegi, is GVP ko saaf karegi aur ise ‘Clean Spot’ banayegi! Ye humara haq hai, aur ye humara farz bhi!”
[SCENE 5: THE CLIMAX & OATH]
(The actors push the Kachra Rakshas away. He falls. They bring out the Green and Blue bins.)
Common Man: (Picking up the flag and cleaning it) “Mujhe maaf kar do beta. Aaj se kachrasirf kudedaan mein hi jayega. Kal tak ye nukkad saaf hoga, aur tumhara Tiranga shaan se fehrayega!”
All Actors: (Forming a V-shape, looking at the audience)
Actor 1: Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 ka sapna…
All: Kachra-Mukt Shahar ho apna!
Actor 2: GVP ko mitao…
All: Swachhata App chalao!
Sutradhaar: > “Tiranga wahan fehrayein, jahan mitti ki mehak ho,”
“Kachre ki badbu nahi, desh ki chamak ho!”
All: (In a roaring voice)
SWACHHTANTRA KA NAARA HAI! SWACHH BHARAT HUMARA HAI!
BHARAT MATA KI… JAI!