B'luru volunteers clean their way to the Amar Chitra Katha

They are neither mythological characters nor epic heroes, yet an anonymous group of volunteers cleaning the Karnataka capital of garbage have caught the imagination of the publishers of popular comic book Amar Chitra Katha.

The hugely popular magazine, which usually publishes stories with illustrations of legends andhistorical figures, has chosen to feature 'The Ugly Indian', a group of unknown youth involved in cleaning Bengaluru streets.

Preferring to work anonymously with the motto 'Kaam chalu,mooh bandh' (stop talking, start doing), The Ugly Indian hasbecome a platform to clean up ugly black spots wheregarbage piles up.

Its members call the removal of garbage and beautifying theplace 'spot fixing'.

When the PTI tried to reach them through email, the group replied: "If you are from the media, we're sorry but TUI has astrict mouth-shut policy. Nobody is authorized to speak onbehalf of TUI, no interviews are given, and no names/numbersare shared.

"Anonymity is everything. Let the actions do thetalking - all work done is published on Facebook."
A brief introduction about the group in the reply read: "TUI is not an NGO or formal organization. Thereis no office or leadership or founders or local chapters. TheUgly Indian is just an idea That we are all ugly Indians, andonly we can save us from ourselves. The Ugly Indian is anattitude."