The white toilet seat gleamed in the sunlight. The makeshift door was open, I looked at it and felt a sense of pride in what I had accomplished.
The 21st century and people stiff defecated in the open. A toilet was unheard off. When I first told them about this, they were aghast. How can we dirty the house?Its a sin.
The women suffered the most, hiding in the bushes, looking around fearfully to make sure no ones watching.
Now, no one had to hesitate, they could answer nature’s call peacefully with privacy.
(93 words)
Linking up with Rochelle Wisoff
This post is inspired by a film was released in support of governmental campaigns to improve the sanitation conditions, with an emphasis on the eradication of open defecation, especially in rural areas. In India its still a menace in some villages which the Government is working on to fix.
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Yeah, here in “Murica,” we tend to take this sort of thing for granted and forget there are people in parts of the world who still struggle with basic amenities.
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We should be thankful for what we have thx James
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Things we do take for granted…
Except when they overflow and then cause all sorts of problems – as happened here recently.
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True indeed
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Sounds so strange, yet, … there we are.
Scott
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/friday-fictioneers-a-memory-a-fear-glad-i-am-older/
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Yep it’s shocking but the sad reality
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It should never be underestimated how important the toilet and sewage systems have been, and still are, to the well being and development of the human race. Nicely done.
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Thx so much Ian
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Thank you for highlighting something that is still a problem in other parts of the world.
Susan A Eames at
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Thx for reading Susan
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We should all be thankful things have changed
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Indeed
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Dear Akshata,
There’s a lot to be said for sanitation and modern plumbing. Eye-opening story. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thx so much dear Rochellev
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I loved the movie though I must admit that though I’ve never used the open air to pee , there are times when the clean grass is preferable to a smelly loo….. especially when there is tonnes of gunk already , flies and a yucky wet floor .
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Once again a wow…
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Nice take on the prompt. I liked that you saw a promise of something good while most of us saw just a cast off.
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Thx so much for the kind words
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Well done, bringing us such a positive, constructive message from this week’s prompt.
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Thx Penny your comments make my day as always
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I grew up going camping for most vacations. I loved it and when our boys were home, we went often. Now they do that with their kids! Really nice story! Fun!
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Thx so much. I am sure camping is fun
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I thought you had the wrong century for this story when I read “21st century”. At first, I though the century should be 18th century” or so. . . . Until I read your information piece about rural areas in India. Then I though how fortunate we truly are compared to many others. Your story highlights that the world has many less fortunate areas.
Thanks for your writing..
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Thx for taking time out to read and share your thoughts. It sounds unbelievable to some , we often take things for granted but it helps sometimes to stop and introspect and be thankful for all we have
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I loved the movie indeed! Shows the hypocrisy in our society in a lime light and how a section often people always tend to influence others with limited knowledge!
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True I liked it too!
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Hard for me to wrap my American mind around the reality of open defecation. Not that it doesn’t happen here–I’m sure it does–but still, not in my line of vision 🙂
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Yes it’s difficult to digest
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