Posted on 09/09/2016 7:24:30 AM PDT by C19fan
India's government has been on a public toilet building spree. Now, it's trying to shame people into using them.
An aggressive new campaign ridicules those who are no longer poor but continue to defecate in the open — a practice that remains common in rural India despite its growing wealth and trappings of modern life.
Television commercials and billboards now carry a message that strike at the heart of the Indian contradiction of being the world’s fastest-growing major economy and also where relieving oneself in the open is the norm in most villages.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Does a bear poop in the woods?
Does an Indian ....?
(nevermind)
Of all the places I’ve been only Egypt even comes close to being as dirty as India.
India is a filthy place. It make China look pristine
From the article:
“Research shows that one of the reasons for the stubborn social practice is the centuries-old caste system,
in which cleaning human waste was a job reserved only for the lowest caste.
Having a toilet at home is still considered unclean by many villagers.
They regard it cleaner to go to the open farms, which can cause water-borne diseases,
the second leading cause of death of Indian children younger than 5.”
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(The wonders and glories of Hinduism... /sarc.)
“(The wonders and glories of Hinduism... /sarc.)”
I’ve read the Vedas, Upanishads and most of the Sutras. I have very little respect for either Hinduism or Buddhism.
And this civilization is how old? Yet another disgusting place I have never wanted to visit.
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