Sanitation: Shrouded in the Dark
You need to believe me if I tell that the people of Indus Valley Civilization used toilets 5000 years ago in India. Now, what will you do if you get to see a man urinating on the rampart of ‘Red Fort’ in Delhi? Even better, how will you feel when you see a person defecating on railway lines among fast moving local trains in Mumbai? Today, we live in a country which is for all practical purpose worlds’ largest “Open Air Toilet”. As a child I got to read a story of D.M Mirasdar in which a urban person is amused to see everybody in village going ‘to fetch milk’ in the morning. This act of ‘fetching milk’ continues unabated to this day as about 70% of rural Indians don't use toilets. Sanitation is inextricably related to Caste system/Untouchability, Position of women, Health, Education and Environment. Untouchability is perpetuated by manual scavenging and other unclean occupations. Recently I got to watch Marathi movie called ‘Fandry’, it...