[Little Pig]

I’ve lived in India for three years now, and the author is sort of right and sort of wrong. Yes, living here is a bit like living in a very diffuse landfill. There’s a lot of litter. However, Puri isn’t as bad as he makes it sound, for one thing. Also, many Indians *do* use toilet paper, and unlike westerners many middle-class Indians actually bathe after going to the toilet. Only the very poor and uneducated don’t clean themselves. Also, the animals aren’t “wild” here. There’s a lot of “feral” dogs, and (at least where I am) many many cows, but pigs are actually pretty rare. The dogs do eat a lot of trash, but there’s a lot of plantlife around, so the cows usually eat that.

[daniel1212]

I’ve lived in India for three years now, and the author is sort of right and sort of wrong. Yes, living here is a bit like living in a very diffuse landfill. There’s a lot of litter. However, Puri isn’t as bad as he makes it sound, for one thing. Also, many Indians *do* use toilet paper, and unlike westerners many middle-class Indians actually bathe after going to the toilet. Only the very poor and uneducated don’t clean themselves. Also, the animals aren’t “wild” here. There’s a lot of “feral” dogs, and (at least where I am) many many cows, but pigs are actually pretty rare. The dogs do eat a lot of trash, but there’s a lot of plantlife around, so the cows usually eat that.

Thanks for the objectivity. More from the site.

There are a small number of middle-aged men and women squatting on the steps brushing their teeth, none of them using toothbrushes, half of them using their fingers, the other half using twigs, swallowing the water after brushing, and then cupping and drinking down a few more gulps, which happens to be in the opposite direction of people in other countries brushing their teeth and then spitting the water out.