2. Water is fairly scarce in certain regions. Considering how unhygienic such toilets end up in such far off places, I probably would too.
It's not like they can't afford it (most folk carry a smartphone these days, while earning <$200 a month).
3. Rural India is generally way more hygienic than Urban India; apparently has a more even sex-ratio too.
4. I've spent time in villages from my childhood. I know why toilets were kept separated in the backyard, and why they've now moved closer home.
Please don't give me the old "white saviour" line. Chomsky and his starlings may use this line with gusto, but the vacuity of it is readily apparent for those not afraid of not being fashionable.
I also understand how the stupid policies of the state driven by such sentences of native courtiers, led to widespread agricultural failures, ridiculous price fluctuations and rural depopulation.
Do you care ? No.
5. I've also seen homeless Americans poop on the streets.
6. I'm not a fan of the whole post-colonial affair of "white guilt" milking. If you do indeed care, please tell me something that's not religious. Your experience is not divine.