01371pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002400040245009400064260000900158300001300167362001000180520081500190650003001005650002501035650002201060650002301082650002301105650001501128773003401143180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCoffey, Diane et al  aUnderstanding open defecation in rural India: untouchability, pollution, and Latrine Pits  c2017  ap.59-66.  a7 Jan  aIndia has far higher open defecation rates than other developing regions where people are poorer, literacy rates are lower, and water is relatively more scarce. In practice, government programmes in rural India have paid little attention in understanding why so many rural Indians defecate in the open rather than use affordable pit latrines. Drawing on new data, a study points out that widespread open defecation in rural India is on account of beliefs, values, and norms about purity, pollution, caste, and untouchability that cause people to reject affordable latrines. Future rural sanitation programmes must address villagersﾒ ideas about pollution, pit-emptying, and untouchability, and should do so in ways that accelerate progress towards social equality for Dalits rather than delay it. - Reproduce  aRural development - India  aUntouchables - India  aPollution - India  aSanitation - India  aDefecation - India  aDefecation  aEconomic and Political Weekly