No loo no i do
The battle Lakshmi Devi waged for a toilet. The toilet is a pretty common cause of marital discord. Some couples quarrel over opposing theories of the proper way to hang the toilet paper ¬ whether the new sheet should come up and over or go behind and down. Many others argue for decades about whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. But they are the lucky ones. Imagine the plight of a pair who cross swords over whether their house needs a toilet at all. Jharkhand's Rajesh Mahato got Swachh Bharat Abhiyan money to build a toilet. But to the dismay of his wife Lakshmi Devi, he used this bounty to buy himself a smartphone instead. A rueful Mahato reports that this “triggered a Mahabharat“ in his family . Lakshmi threw the phone on the ground and made it clear Mahato couldn't use it until the toilet was built. The construction is, happily , under way now, as if bearing out what Vidura said in the epic, that right will invariably triumph over wrong. Actually across the country wives and would-be wives are making it clear that they are fed up with open defecation. It's unhygienic and unsafe. But, illustratively , an Odisha study found in 80% of households decisions on constructing sanitation facilities are made exclusively by men ¬ who may treat themselves to a smartphone or a second-hand motorcycle instead. That's why for many devis the desire for a toilet means having to fight something like a Mahabharat.
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