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A Memior of Two Toilet Inspectors

NItya Jacob, Sunetra Lala
Type: Print Book
Genre: Politics & Society, Travel
Language: English
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India has witnessed the world's largest behaviour change programme, as the mandarins of the country's sanitation programme called it. From 2014 to 2019, more than 100 million toilets were made. The government paid for these and a myriad of people toiled for the toilets. There are stories of sacrifice and valour as in any military mission. Only, making toilets is not a conquest. It is a change in the way of life for hundreds of millions living a perilous rural existence. Toilets competed with their priorities for food, water and jobs. In the building frenzy, a dark comedy emerged.

The frenzy unleashed an army of experts, an avalanche of money and a winner-takes-it-all method. In what followed, history repeated itself. India has run none-too-successful programmes to provide toilets for people since the 1950s. In 1999, the paradigm changed. From being a government benefactor-led programme, it became demand-led. People were...

About the Authors

Nitya is passionate about all issues WASH. He is an avid observer of people, places and processes. He has spent some time traveling around India’s villages to observe how sanitation and water issues have been addressed, or not, over the past several decades. He likes to engage in conversations with people at the thin edge of the WASH wedge to gauge their aspirations and achievements. He has worked in several non-profit organizations that have given him a bird’s eye view of things. And his field expeditions have given him a worm’s perspective. He has written books on India’s traditional water systems, rural governance, trends in rural development and a chapter for the UN-sponsored publication Water Voices From Around The World.

Sunetra is a small, determined dreamer of the day when all women will awaken in a well-WASHed world. In her 20-year long career she has traversed social sciences,...

Book Details

ISBN: 9781637542866
Number of Pages: 239
Dimensions: 6"x9"
Interior Pages: B&W
Binding: Paperback (Perfect Binding)
Availability: In Stock (Print on Demand)

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