Is India's lack of toilets a cultural problem?

[alphamale]

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that will be one hell of the embarrassment, but i think it is the good idea to push ppl towards toilet

 

[Peshwa]

I can kinda see this with Hindus as a cultural thing...But also as a South Asian thing...

From what I know about Hindus, hygeine isnt the problem as much as the concept of having a "sh!tter" in your house....and to be honest, this may just be the lack of education slapping us in the face...
Most Hindus do not like their Kitchen or their temples/gods anywhere close to a toilet....hence people would rather take a dump as far away from home, even in the open if required to avoid polluting their own surrounding at the cost of others...
Now this is of course selfish coz they would rather pollute public property than their own...
Education and of course, efficient plumbing and sanitation network would avoid all of this...but for an uneducated villager, the concept of urban sanitation is a mystery and hence follow their own convoluted ideas about "taking care of business"

I think education and investment in infrastructure, especially municipal planning should help...

Then there are those assholes who will piss in public next to a "shauchalaya" just to avoid the 1 paisa they might have to pay to use...they are the ones that anger me to no end....

Personally I feel like they should be given the "R.Kelly treatment" to see if they would like the same treatment that they show their country!

 

[Emmie]

This is a serious issue guys, let us not find jokes in it.. Waterborne diseases are the leading causes of morbidity in our part of world - Open toilets increase the chances of contamination to many folds. The need of the hour is to educate the people about the hazards they are posing not only to others but to themselves also, need to inculcate them that this practice was never the part of our culture.

 

[notsuperstitious]

In my native village, the toilet in my ancestral home is like 20 meters away from the main house building. Thats the norm. People don't like the idea of toilets in the house. However the 60% number is really weird, in my village i think everyone has toilets. The govt pays for building toilets, of course there's some cultural issue here, duh!

 

[LiberalAtheist]

its really disgusting and shameful how millions of people crap outside and simply wipe with one hand and then eat with the other hand later at night (well some people that can afford it)

this is an issue for the ministry of development both rural and urban to tackle in the upcoming future.

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

The government gives a huge subsidy to build toilets in villages. Many people take the subsidy build the toilet but never use it. i have seen several toilets unused in villages.

Actually one more problem, to have a toilet you need to have ample amount of water, and in drought prone areas having ample amount of water is a problem.

 

[fly2012]

Why relieve oneself in a 4X4 sq. feet room when one can do so in a practically unlimited open field with the cool morning breeze patting one's arse?

...and it's eco-friendly too.

In college during summer vacation I visited a classmate's home in countryside and they only have outdoor toilet during that time. You can see surroundings over the wall. The scenery was absolutely beautiful with the sound of creeks etc. However, there were several mosquitoes landed on my butt and the bump was so big that they actually overlap, talking about itching ***...

Going back to the topic, I think it is just concept change. When I was a kid I remember an old lady from country side told me that she could not understand why city dwellers have toilet at home. She feels that makes the entire house ****** and smelly. Cellphones and TVs, on the other hand, are more easily accepted.

 

[Icewolf]

I am wondering, how will Indian people have enough water to spend on toilets? The drought prone areas of India get water by water trucks, and I think Indians would be more likely to use the water for drinking and showering, especially when water is scarce.

 

[LiberalAtheist]

i'm sure some of you enjoy taking shts in a outdoor setting but what about toilet paper? i have seen naked Adivasis defecate openly while en route to Orissa then i thought to my self how the fck to they live like this? in parts of UP people wipe the sht off there butthole while bathing in the ganges river (no wonder why its so disgusting to swim in)

 

[livingdead]

I am wondering, how will Indian people have enough water to spend on toilets? The drought prone areas of India get water by water trucks, and I think Indians would be more likely to use the water for drinking and showering, especially when water is scarce.

Most of India does not have that level of water scarcity. Even the draught prone area has enough water for drinking and showering (not enough for cultivation though)

i'm sure some of you enjoy taking shts in a outdoor setting but what about toilet paper? i have seen naked Adivasis defecate openly while en route to Orissa then i thought to my self how the fck to they live like this? in parts of UP people wipe the sht off there butthole while bathing in the ganges river (no wonder why its so disgusting to swim in)

They use water. There is no shortage of water in India.

 

[Donatello]

I think we should have threads like this once in a while to act as a troll magnet, so that other threads may be spared.

 

[Rusty]

Look at some Pakistanis jumping up and down. They think their culture is Arabian/Persian? lool


I may have just opened a Pandora box unintentionally. I'm off to sleep. Enjoy

As far as I have seen everyone has been respectful of the topic except you.
Besides, if you wan't to talk about cultures
Ours tells us to live a very clean life and it even teaches us how to use the toilet and bath and what not.

Besides, Pakistan unfortunately still has too much "sub continent" culture for my liking.
We need to move away from it if Pakistanis want to progress.

 

[Icewolf]

Look at some Pakistanis jumping up and down. They think their culture is Arabian/Persian? lool


I may have just opened a Pandora box unintentionally. I'm off to sleep. Enjoy

Wow... No one is trolling except you...

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

In college during summer vacation I visited a classmate's home in countryside and they only have outdoor toilet during that time. You can see surroundings over the wall. The scenery was absolutely beautiful with the sound of creeks etc. However, there were several mosquitoes landed on my butt and the bump was so big that they actually overlap, talking about itching ***...

Going back to the topic, I think it is just concept change. When I was a kid I remember an old lady from country side told me that she could not understand why city dwellers have toilet at home. She feels that makes the entire house ****** and smelly. Cellphones and TVs, on the other hand, are more easily accepted.

my ancestral home is not in a village, but in a small town. well, its not really a town... there's a dirt road bringing mining products down from the mountains, a giant radio transceiver, an electrical substation, and not much else. most of the people had an indoor toilet. i've only been in 1 house with an outdoor toilet which was designed that way due to being close to a stagnant river, so you could directly go to bathroom in the river... yeah disgusting and damaging to the environment. it was a nightmare to go to bathroom at night. there's no dignity, there's no privacy, the bugs attack you, etc etc. this was back in 2002.

i find the idea of being forced to going to the restroom in the public for anything more than temporarily, a disgusting event and unimaginable insult.

 

[Asian.Century]

Cultural or not, it does confirm that lack of moral ethics, national psyche and environmental problems of India.