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Opinion: Indian Census data brings out lies, damned lies and loos

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, Mar 15, 2012 1:40AM UTC View Comments

Babloo alias Babban reached for his mobile with a swagger and dialled the number of Durlabh Sauchalaya. He disconnected after one ring. The specially installed software tracked the missed call from Babloo alias Babban using the real-time call location tracker system and forwarded the address to the Toilet-On-The-Move department of the company. In a few...

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Can India really build toilets for 800 million people in a decade?

By Bala Murali Krishna Sat, Feb 18, 2012 1:24AM UTC View Comments

“Women demand mobile phones…not toilets. That is the mindset we have,” Jairam Ramesh on Friday told a conference in the Indian capital debating the Asia-Pacific Millennium Development Goals. India’s national news agency, Press Trust of India, characterized the remark as a lament. It must be so because Ramesh is not the telecom minister (though he...

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Travel in Korea still lacks women’s bathrooms

By Nathan Schwartzman Fri, Jan 27, 2012 1:48PM UTC View Comments

Some journalists took unusual looks at the recent Seollal holiday. Among was this MBC reporter. (Formatting is true to the original transcript.) [Newsdesk]◀ＡＮＣ▶ Whenever there is a holiday, women wind up waiting in long lines at the bathrooms in highway rest stops. The recent holiday was no exception. Recent changes in the law have had...

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