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Right to Indian style Toilet- RIT

I am writing this piece to gather your views and spread awareness, please write your comments. As I feel that it is something followed undemocratically, without our choice almost at every public place the sitting style toilet (famously called western toilet) is being installed. We sometimes see shoe steps of the people on toilet seats on which we sit and some times the excretory (shit) is stuck on the seat or on water spray handle. Indian style toilet vs sitting style toilet: It has been argued that squatting (Indian toilet style) is "the only natural defecation posture". 'A sitting posture may increase diverticulosis  of the colon. The magnitude of straining during defecation is at least three times greater than with the squatting posture'. Initially in many places the sitting toilets were used for patients and handicaps. In modernity 'Sitting style' toilet is perceived as elite status. I am not completely against this modern concept. If we can complete

Rules are for us:

     One fine morning I skid from my bike and fell off on the road and my forehead part hit the road. To my luck I was wearing a Full cover ISI mark helmet, I got hurt only a little on my knee. When I checked my helmet there were scratches on the helmet, if I wasn't wearing a helmet these scratches would have been on my face instead of helmet. I used to think a lot about what are the rules for. And on this day of my skidding when I introspected, I realised that rules are for us. In this article we will try to understand morality in the light of this incident. We are understanding ‘moral’ in general approach where we have to be moral and ethical in order to maintain the social order  (Shaffer & Kipp , 2010) . The social order where an individual is being socially responsible and following the directions set by his family, community or state, but with rationality. Let us understand social order through an example: In many cities it is a Government order that a Motor bike rider s

Teacher Recognition in India:

     The teachers are the torch bearers who pass on the knowledge, culture, traditions, language and technology to the next generation and it is a continuous cycle. The teachers have the job of dealing with the maturing children, it is the toughest job as humans are not machines. The children whose  parents are educated, mostly do get lot of supervision and support at home. In this circumstance some part of guidance comes from parents and some part does come from school. There are some children (Urban\semi urban) who attend private tuition, get home work supervision, class dairy check, on-line education support and most importantly motivation. The other set of students are 'first generation' school goers who usually do no get as much support as enjoyed by other children as they depend only on supervision and support at school. The first generation school goers are those children who are the first to get formal education among their family members. The family where none has go