India, April 4 -- An Indian woman's candid reaction to Sri Lanka's beaches has sparked a wider conversation on cleanliness and civic responsibility on social media. Taking to Instagram, a user named Mehaik shared a video of herself sitting on a beach in Sri Lanka, where she openly compared the condition of beaches in the neighbouring country with those in India.

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In the video, she said, "I have to say this, that Sri Lanka has embarrassed me. A country that is smaller, economically struggling, that literally declared bankruptcy, and yet their beaches are clean and spotless. Not a single plastic bottle, not a wrapper, nothing...