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I was in India last year & people openly defecated (shit) in public, what's up with that?
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Dear @Britantic
I am an Indian.
I am just wondering if this question of yours is genuinely a question or rather a pun on us
That said, I should rather assume it to be a genuine question and be not judgmental about you
You're right, people in certain areas here do defecate in public.
This has a number of reasons.
In the very past when the sewers etc were not developed and population density was low, people used to go out in forests and fields for defecation which was believed to have dual benefit- one you don't have defecation and related germs in your home and another is natural fertilizer to fields and forests
That's though a thing of past. We have a number of people still drowning in poverty in rural areas who do not have proper living facilities, leave aside the availablity of toilets.
In fact, there is a campaign by our current government to provide assistance and other support to build toilets in such rural areas so that people get hygenic by use of toilets.
In the other hand, if the question is just to make fun, you should also realise and take note of the progress of people have made. Indians are commanding to positions in many MNCs, bodies like NASA. we are providing and supporting most of the IT system across the world... and there are many more
That said, it's a free world and you're entitled to your opinion!!!
They don't really have a solid public works system. People are responsible for themselves and that's it. They know it is a low class act but they also are forced to accept their station as a low class citizen of their world so, it is such. It's practically a form of protest whether intentional or not.
And by the way, Londoners used to empty their pisspots directly outside their living quarters, right out the fucking window. That was little more than 100 years ago. Piss and shit and bile, running in the streets and falling from the windows above your head.
Not only does that sound dubious, it's fairly clear that population explosions coupled with their own internal unrest can put a brick in your path. Indian wasn't even a unified nation beforehand, now disparate kingdoms are meant to unify and modernize in step with the largest population per capita?
It just sounds like you're bitching that a poor rookie didn't roll a hard 6. I bet pigs won't fly tomorrow neither.
It is a very big problem in India and other countries where a vast majority of people in rural areas and even in the city don't have a washroom and resort to go to the fields where crops are growing to relieve themselves.
The Indian government invests a lot of money in education and construction of the basic public sanitary installations so that a large number of people can use in the comfort of their own place or in public toilets
https://www.BBC.com/news/health-33980904
What is for us in the Western world something unheard of (or is it?) is the sad reality in many parts of the world.
And rather for us to make fun of it, we should give a serious thought when we waste 50% of a hamburger that is too big to eat, that the money we paid for waste could have been better invested into sanitary installations in those countries that have none.
Well to be honest, that's actually normal [meaning to poop and pee outside] and that's how were supposed to do it. Were not supposed to sit on a toilet seat. You wonder why they live so long, its because they do nearly the opposite westernized countries do. However, I do not agree with taking a crap in public. At least hide in a bush or something. More civilized than having the whole world to see. I also think it depends on where you go. That place you have a pic off looks like an over crowded rural town or village.
I'm saying that they have the overall resources to live lo g, but it depends on the person and where they live. Most diseases that they have are due to human parasites. Instead of loving naturally they have adapted the modern way. But we are supposed to poop outside. That is the point I'm making.
Not true. You're very ignorant about human parasites. You can get parasites as I said before from anything, especially for the things that you eat. Even just by having sex you're transferring parasites. I got some of those parasites from my mother because she was already infected before she was pregnant with me.
The thirteen common communicable diseases found in India are as follows: 1. Malaria 2. Typhoid 3. Hepatitis 4. Jaundice 5. Leptospirosis 6. Diarrhoeal Diseases 7. Amoebiasis 8. Cholera 9. Brucellosis 10. Hookworm Infection 11. Influenza 12. Filariasis 13. Tuberculosis.
Worldwide, the lack of clean water for drinking, cooking and washing, and the lack of sanitary waste disposal are to blame for over 12 million deaths a year, say researchers. About 1.2 billion people are at risk because they lack access to safe fresh water. India too has its share of infectious epidemics; and though mortality owing to these is decreasing, it is a significant part of the disease burden our society carries.
The disease burden is high in India, for obvious reasons like poor sanitation, lack of access to fresh water, poor hygiene, etc., which are common in the most developing countries. Though exact dependable statistics are not available, a good percentage of cases go unreported. Secondly, ‘infection is not recognized till it becomes systematic.
Yep and all that are lies because they all parasites. All which is in the food, the water, and in turn they're not pooping properly in eliminating fecal matter, that's how the worms settle in the lower intestine and they start mating and then it gets worse. That's what they don't want to tell you. Doctors are about $$$.
It's hard to eliminate when you're dealing with IBS or chronic constipation which is also caused by parasites. They have parasites in their bodies and that's why they're suffering the way they are and is breaking down the immune system. The immune system is in the gut. If you don't repair the gut which they call having a leaky gut, you will have a lot of problems and inflammation is one of them. The source of a lot of diseases is inflammation of the body.
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I have heard the same thing from friends who visited India and I have no desire to ever visit it myself.
Down votes: Please state whether you are from India. And please understand that I do not have any problem with people from India. There are many Indians in this country and I have worked with them for many years. However, I have heard that conditions in India are not sanitary.
lol pls stop you are making me laugh
There is literally video proof of this. 😂 Also videos of thousands of Indians "washing" together in the same river which is brown with shit 😂
@SpunkNugget go on, make laugh of the uneducated people's, that's what other countries do..
@ex-gager @SpunkNugget did not post this to make fun of people. I first said that I had been told that people in India do many unsanitary things in public. Several Indians have said that is not true and it is just a racist statement. @SpunkNugget posted this video to show that there is undeniable proof that the statement is true.
@ex-gager If I can't help those people? Why would I ever be in a position to help those people. They are your fellow countrymen, not mine.
Again, instead of admitting that there are unsanitary conditions in your country, you are making an assumption so that you can attack someone. Very unbecoming!
@ex-gager All that you said is 'Wait, i never said my country is the perfect." You started out complaining that other people are laughing at your country and I tried to explain that they were laughing at you for being so defensive and simply not admitting that the statement is true.
I will let you have the last word.
@AkshiJanjua who's bashing other countries, we just want to know shy you shit in the street?
@OlderAndWiser u are such a dumb, why would spunkNugget give me proof. And why would he laugh at me as he don't know me. And now the point comes on defensive, every single person would obviously defend for their country and its people if needed. And now the point comes on admitting the truth, u just send me a screenshot or something, that i denied that india has unsanitary issues and I'll take my words Back..
OlderandWiser, you lost all my respect. There are literally billionaires in India who are richer than you. India has a population of over a billion, therefore, we can't compare it with a country that has a smaller population. You are only focusing on the poor people, what about rich, educated, successful and good looking people in India like Bollywood actors, Indian Miss Worlds and two Bollywood actresses are now in Hollywood. Their English and confidence is better than English people.
@Shezadi
“OlderandWiser, you lost all my respect.” I lost your respect because I said something with which you disagreed? What I said was that a few acquaintances told me that India was a very filthy country. Well, that IS what they told me!
“There are literally billionaires in India who are richer than you.” I never claimed to be a rich man. So what.
“ India has a population of over a billion, therefore, we can't compare it with a country that has a smaller population.” I didn’t compare it to any other country.
“You are only focusing on the poor people, what about rich, educated, successful and good looking people in India like Bollywood actors, Indian Miss Worlds and two Bollywood actresses are now in Hollywood.” I didn’t focus on poor people. I have no idea whether they are rich or poor because I have never been to India. All I know is that acquaintances told me that people in India shit in the streets.
“Their English and confidence is better than English people.” I’m sure that is true, but – apparently - there is still shit in the streets of India. If I step in shit, it really doesn't matter whether it is a rich man's shit or a poor man's shit, does it?
@Tanisha69 I have heard about it from several people who visited India.
There's a reason why the stereotype of Indians being filthy and shitting everywhere exists. The whole world knows them for it. 😂😂
@SpunkNugget If they all just enjoy taking a good dump outdoors, it would be nice for them to admit it instead of calling me a racist for merely repeating what I have been told by others. :) :) :)
I'm from India and only dumb people who don't want to have a toilet even though they can get one is the number of reason.
They have their own fallacious reasons that it's unreligious, uncultured or I don't know what else.
It's 99% because of unwillingness of such people to build a toilet and 1% because of poverty.
And no, that meme would be an exception, apart from him no one worships a toilet.
And no, no educated person does that anymore, it's becoming an issue that is readily being solved.
Moreover India is simply the second largest population on the planet living in an area that is smaller than most countries, I believe even smaller than China. So the government can only do so much.
India is bigger than most countries tho
Yeah Dude but the point is it's 3 times smaller than China.
And although Indonesia maybe more densely packed than India, India still has much more people and the area isn't proportionate.
I mean I'm not talking about size only, I'm talking about the ratio of size to population.
The most populated states have a density of over 1000 people per square kilometer, and that data is less when you compare it to the real conditions because there are a lot more people unaccounted for.
Britantic, your arguments are solely based on what you think. It's pointless arguing with you because you seem very ignorant to me. Please think before you say anything.
More people may mean more can be done but not when the diversity is so extremely toxic in a country and something you do might hurt the sentiments of a huge part of the population.
China has one religion and as far as I know it only has one party ruling it. On top of that I don't even think China can be fully called a democracy, it seems more like a dictatorship because the other parties are dismissed by the main one.
So learn more about a country before you assume it's bad. India has, is and will be a brilliant young nation which has more faults than others but has more strong points too.
Wow hurtful words. I never thought despite my well wishes for you, that you could be rate my nations’ poor class.
at least they are not searing babies in ovens live because they can’t afford to look after it, in lieu of being trashy bastards or white whores on a joint and crack appetite aka: Casey Anthony types.
Even if that doesn’t answer this racist and poorly misunderstood issue or plight, I know how poverty looks like in both Eastern and western societies.
Let’s not forget the homeless on US streets rounded up by police as I drive by in my BMW X3, looking at the tents and open brawls , needles , shit stuck on their butt cracks and also urine plus open defecation therein?
It’s no different it’s like the pot calling the kettle black.
Enjoy your opinion it shows your class.
In that I don’t disagree but reading racist tirades with questions to provoke are not classy at all. You know what response you’ll get and still sought to ask.
Yes they have issues with respecting method, order and will not comply because change is hard. Change equates to money and resources also to a new insight to life itself.
I have to agree with all the slander , yet these questions are divisive and earns hate talk.
If it means so much to disgrace the country, in your recent posts; step up yourself to do something than riling an anti India campaign about both defecation, and contradicting it with posts dedicated to our educated people who propel the country scientifically.
They won’t listen unless there is a new order brought about within those individuals. Education starts at the most primary strata.
No one is willing to work with the ‘untouchables’.
Read Time magazine instead of asking these repeated debates when you are not walking the walk but just talking.
It's cultural. Likely, there is a shortage of bathrooms, and it's very inconvenient to find one. Or not possible. In America, in rural farming areas, it was common for women to pee with others able to see. They usually did this with long dresses on. And when traveling, there were no public bathrooms or gas stations or Burger King's to stop at. And if you were working a large field, it made no sense to walk all the way back to the out house every time you needed to pee.
Most people in India shit outside because there are no flush toilets. Those who have a toilet just have a cement enclosure. I have written an article about India's human waste problem. It is found at the beginning of Chapter XI (11) on my website: www.thezap.net
There's no excuse to defecate in the open. People in rural areas who don't have flush toilets or running water still have pit toilets. They just don't even bother.
@pleasestopthis : I agree with you. But they have bigger problems than open defecation. We should have compassion on those people, and maybe find a way to help them. Please read my article.
@pleasestopthis even in the old days people had out houses or chamber pots. You emptied them into a sewer.
We crap up rivers here.
If you have a good diet you don’t need toilet paper. You still need to wash a little tho. In some cultures they have unisex bathrooms out in the open in restaurants so you see everybody go.
Lot of people don’t wash after going to the bathroom in the US so that’s gross too you know
Listen it is still a problem esp in the rural villages but this is changing.
Its kind of racist to point out problems like this. its like if I said "I hear hicks in the trailer park have no teeth and dont visit the dentist, whats up with that?"
yes there are problems in India. but Indians are some of the most advanced people in the world when it comes to tech, programming, satellites, nuclear power.
there are problems everywhere and I bet if you went to the trailer parks or the ghettos you might be able to find somoen here who poops in the street too (meth heads maybe)
I was there when I was 23. I never saw anyone actually pooping in public, but I did have to walk through human poop a lot. In their defense they don't always have access to public toilets because not enough of them are built. You British gave them their freedom too soon, they weren't ready for it.
I heard in news many international rating agenciesike moodies and other are growing up the rate of India, it is the 5th largest economy of the world, India has record in the world it sent it's suttle on the Marsh in first attempt no one other country cad do this, agencies are expecting india will be super power before the 2050.
It may be true,
But i think you have less knowledge
What a nonsense girl you are in the age of 17 correct your knowledge.
That isn't entirely true. India is a huuuuge country with over a billion people living there. India is a developing nation and will obviously have some drawbacks when you go to the rural areas. I'm pretty sure the urban parts of India such as Delhi, Mumbai or Calcutta are MUCH more modernised and therefore basic amenities are more widely available.
Yeah, I am pretty certain I don't care about what Indians do in public in their own country. If they have this issue, they probably should do something legislatively because of health issues. They can figure it out on their own.
Good luck, Indian folks!
Britanic. Can you please unfollow me.
You're entitlled to have your views. I just don't wish to be associated with them. Every question I've seen you post has been derogatory to one culture or another.
yeah I've also unfollowed her, I've been to india many times and have never seen this. If she actually went she'd realise India has become more civilised than the western world and has some of the richest businesses in the world in technology and engineering. I haven't yet been to see it but it is unrecognisable now since the economic boom occurred. Also westerners have moved there which is no surprise really.
i have, I've been everywhere! Punjab (where my family are from which has a lot of villages), Bombay, Chandigar, Calcutta, Delhi, Jaipur, Himalayas. And never have i seen what you're suggesting. They have toilets and holes in the ground in rooms, not on the road. No one would feel right taking a dump infront of people, would you?
even going up the mountains in india there are toilet cubicles at each circle so you just need to stop being pretenscious. You are so gullible to believe news articles when actually the poor are funded much better in India than in England.
@ChocolateBrowny yet they shit in the streets. Even other people who are from India say public shitting in the street is a major problem you've never been to India.
https://youtu.be/qI3nGWnkNf0
haha are you retarded? that video has nothing to do with what you're talking about. Dont bother replying to me now
You seem to like posting controversial questions, quite often with racial overtones. If that's your thing then fine. I just dont need an invite to them all as i have no interest in being associated with that type of question.
And the annoying thing is that your follow up, to highlight how unsanitory the practice us is a cogent argument. If you had asked a question about this practice in cities and how unsanitory it is then fine. But you phrase you question initially in such a way as to say here's a different culture, shame on them.
I can show you in London, where the streets are used as a toilet. Or in my home town, or neighbouring towns (more urination than defacation bit still). I was in new york last year, plenty of places smelt like a gents toilet (subways etc). This isn't a situation unique to eastern countries.
I regret accepting your request to follow me. In the beginning, I thought you were a good teenage girl but I have never seen a more racist person than you. You are more racist than Donald Trump. All your questions are racist.
You basically hate anyone who is not white. You hate Muslims, Asians and black people.
Guys, this girl hates anyone who doesn't have white skin.
I am a Pakistani and I still find this question very offensive. India has a population of over a billion people and there are some rich Indians who are billionaires, who are richer than your white father. There are Indians who are rich, beautiful, educated and successful.
@AkshiJanjua no we use know how to use a toliet lol
@Britantic i doubt it
@AkshiJanjua seriously that's why our streets aren't covered in poo, even British Indians are toilet trained 😁
if you care so much about Indian streets we will bring you to India to clean them lol
Are u up for it😂
because that's probably the only job you are going to get😂
@AkshiJanjua well that's not to far removed from what I was doing in india😋
My church often sends charitable missions to help people in the 3rd world, last year it was India
you have never been to India
@AkshiJanjua i have. India will be a superpower by 2020.🤔
@AkshiJanjua hahahahahaha you gave the best reply ever like a real desi. After all, actions speak louder than words. People should either help or be quiet.
@sidhk69 If you are not offended by this question then you are not a true Indian. I am Pakistani yet I condemn this offensive question against India. If the government gives a reality check, it makes sense but a foreigner doesn't have to talk about issues in your country, when her own people can't get brexit done. There are many issues in England too. Britanic should worry about the issues her country is going through like people becoming homeless, knife crime, drugs, NHS giving infected blood, and the list goes on.
@AkshiJanjua I lived in England for at least ten years and I can say not all English people are like her. Also, I am sure she is only like this on the internet. Imagine, if she made rude comments in real life, she will get punched in the face. She is just a "Keyboard warrior." She can't say a single word in real life.
@AkshiJanjua That teenage girl should focus on her studies and career instead of being a "keyboard warrior." She should spend time typing her school essays and assignments instead of hate comments.
yeah that's what i said from the start
What's exactly the point of hating on a person for stating facts?
How about accepting that it's an actual problem? Either try solving it or if you can't, just stay away from it and don't be a part of it.
I don't understand the logic here, it's not like saying "all Muslims are terrorists", she's saying that many people in India shit on the streets, that's pretty much what she said, she didn't even generalize.
I don't see the stupid logic behind this denying behaviour that only seems childish and delusional. Or you guys are just being sensitive snowflakes.
Don't hate on someone just because they said something that hurts your feelings, rather look into what they are saying and know how to talk to them like a reasonable person, be mature and actually grown-up, don't just complain and cry for no reason like a baby.
@FragileSnowflake "Either try solving it or if you can't, just stay away from it and don't be a part of it." Same to you. Either clean the streets or don't talk about me. My friend Akshi will be happy to have you ladies clean the streets. What say, Akshi?
Am I part of the shitting in the streets problem? No.
And it's not even my problem, I'm not offended by it so why would I care? I can talk about whatever I want as long as I'm not hating on anyone (like you're doing).
Keep hating and insulting, but I'll be the better person here and not insult you back, thank you.
Like I said, you don't have the right to hate me because I said something that hurts your feelings, grow up, you're not a child.
@FragileSnowflake You are insulting more than one billion people in India. You need to grow up and stop being racist. You can get hurt even though you are hurting others by supporting a racist person.
@Shezadi you're a very toxic person by the way, I thought you were Muslim and I thought Muslims are actually nice people.
All I see from you on this website is bigotry and very bad representation of your religion, to just hate and bash on anyone if they disagree with you, you never have an actual discussion you just hate them and insult them, way to go, now keep insulting me as your religion commands you.
@Shezadi When did I insult ALL Inidans? When did I insult Indians anyway?
I don't give a shit if that person is racist, I just agree with a point of hers that yes Indians do shit on the streets, how the fuck is that racist if it's actually happening? It's just a fact! And I never even generalized! What are you even thinking? You're so emotionally driven, look at this logically for god's sake!
@FragileSnowflake have you ever been to India? i guess not still you know what Indians do by watching random YouTube videos
I have quite noticed Western people have childish minds from this site so is it true?
I have relatives in India and that is true, especially in areas with high poverty, shit is everywhere on the streets, I wouldn't be saying this if I wasn't sure of it.
Stop acting all smart mighty and shit, arrogance is a childish thing, and stop assuming things about me, that's also childish.
Can we have an actual discussion? Without me getting hated on or insulted in every comment? You guys clearly lack the ability to control your anger and actually talk like grown-ups.
@FragileSnowflake from which country are you from
Syria.
@FragileSnowflake oh sorry i thought you were another ignorant Britisher
But do you actually live in Syria?
Yes but I've been to western countries before, it's why I'm open to most cultures, which is why I'm anything but racist as you guys call me 😐
@FragileSnowflake oh okay
So your relatives live in which part of India?
I have lived here for whole my life and i have not seen anyone shit in the streets
I dont know exactly, I just know whenever my uncle comes home for a visit he tells us about funny shit in the streets stories there lol
And really? I mean this stuff happens in Syria as well but it's pretty rare, even in poor areas
You see animal feces commonly though.
@FragileSnowflake Animal shit is common in India as well but not human shit lol 😂 i don't believe people seriously believe this because they saw some YouTube videos
Some people believe my house in Syria is a warzone and they ask me if I grew a sixth leg because they saw a youtube video saying North Korea has bombed my country after Obama commanded his forces to shower us with chemicals.
Sooo yeah people can be that stupid don't worry I know 😂
@FragileSnowflake yeah lol i know i like middle East they have rich culture
have you been to san francisco lately?
www.foxnews.com/.../san-francisco-map-shows-human-poop-complaints
places to go / population
Hmm that’s weird. My brother studied in Coventry University. I visited the UK a couple of times and I saw druggies and public intoxciting everywhere. What’s up with that? As for your question,, India has a lot of poor people who don’t know hygiene.
I saw druggies in India too. I saw people mating in the street in broad daylight.
But it's so weird to see people using the streets as a toliet.
I mean it's something you'd expect apes to do at the zoo.
https://youtu.be/M4e8ka0oZHM
This British couple had sex at Dominos. Something only apes do
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKOsqH7D4TU&t=1s
85 IQ and low trust culture of hopelessness. When people are barely surviving they give up, especially if the're stupid. Enough of this garbage about eugenics being cruel and fake sympathy for people like this. Is the way they're living now compassionate? Is it helping them?
It is called the Third World.
That is what Democrats are welcoming across the border, as their plan to turn every state blue by changing the demographics by flooding the country with low IQ* people who will vote for Socialism.
Enjoy the USA’s descent into the hell of Venezeuela.
* See the IQ Map of the World.
India is not a poor country. It can afford a space program and is a nuclear power. There is no excuse for not provided its people with basic amenities such as toilets.
I can understand, even though I'm and Indian i feel bad for it, it's Due to high population, it's difficult to control people and their mentality, and since population is high, there are limited facilities due to which more than half of the population is uneducated, but if u visit south India, you'll see no such things coz the literacy rate is high and people over there know what is right..
Have you ever seen a wasted US girl before at a concert? Just saying. But on a serious note most don’t.
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