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October 12, 2012

Temples, Toilets and India's Shame

Amrit Dhillon, Globe and Mail

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The fact that millions of Indians are forced to defecate in the open because they lack of toilets in their homes should be the cause of profound mortification for the nation. Yet some of the reactions to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh’s recent remark that India needs toilets more than temples were bizarre.

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