Toilets

It was a “spine shivering” winter morning. I managed a window seat with some decent space to stretch my legs.

It was a 6 ‘ O’ clock train. The station was deprived from sunshine and window panes were engulfed with fog. The iron doors leaked sufficient breeze that soothed my muffler-covered hairs.

Suddenly a strong jerk vanquished my drowsiness. As I looked from the window, I saw a group a naked men running towards the bush. With utter excitement I saw a muffler wrapped fat fellow excreting chunks of feces in the track. He was wearing a red muffler and holding the signal pole firmly.
Sadly millions of people in India are still forced to defecate openly: either in street, railway tracks or in fields. Mostly men and children are involved in such activities. However women in rural India, usually wake up early morning to get some privacy. Generally half of the population is devoid of quality sanitation and proper toilet facility. From market place to street, the best place for doing toilet is either beside a tree or between two compartments of a train. It is very ridiculous to see big fellows opening their zip in front of huge crowd.

We Indians try to maintain hygiene: whether it is Sulabh souchalai or stinky railway toilet, we try to clean every bit of poop from our butt. (P.S- hahaha).

It hardly matters whether there is a broken mug or an eaten soap ; all that concerns us is a clean and polished butt. However the new government’s motto: toilets first then temple is a bold initiation for public development. With a strong population of 1.2b people, India is a tough place for cultivating smart toilets. Smart toilets are self cleaned toilets extensively used in Japan and UK. They are based on latest technology and can be carried to any place. More than half of the population does not have a proper toilet facility. Although it is seen that this major half is gifted with two sim cards and a cell phone. The fact is that cell phone is easier to grab and toilet is “promise meant to be broken”. However with a stumbling economy and steady stream of corrupt scandals, people have lost their faith of owing a smart toilet.