Further, the culturally dissimilar northeastern states of India, which are poor and face many governance challenges, have much lower rates of rural open defecation—ranging from 14 to 16 percent—than ...

Chakyar is a creative director who works in advertising and film marketing in Mumbai. Earlier this month, Air India’s flight from Chicago to Delhi returned to O’Hare International Airport ...

The remaining 3.2% use public toilets. Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and assets reveal that 63.2% of homes have a telephone. Analysts say the data show the complex contradictions of ...

Besides its natural beauty, Ladakh holds unearthed treasure and one of that is an unlikely solution to India’s biggest struggles with sanitation. My first introduction to a ‘’dry toilet ...