Open defecation
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Economy
Building Toilets not Really Useful?
Quotes economists on open defecation in India and its lasting costs to child health and adult earnings, with the poster noting 35 per cent of Indians are under 18, so…
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Society
Caste, Religion and Open Defecation
Quotes reports that Indian villagers avoid built toilets for caste reasons, and research on why Muslim children survive more than Hindu children despite poverty, linking both to sanitation.
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Society
Toilet Donation Services
On Tata Consultancy Services funding school toilets, the poster asks why it took so long, argues it must also pay for long-term maintenance, and says the 10,000-school scheme should become…
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Society
Culture and Open Defecation
Links the debate over a New York Times story on open defecation and malnutrition in India, including rebuttals and Hinduphobia allegations, and urges focus on the fact that a third…