On April 3, children from Sulabh Public School and the Sulabh family gathered with hearts full of pride and eyes sparkling with admiration for a special flag-off event, cheering on Sabita Mahato as she embarks on her Everest expedition. From the serene banks of Bihar to the towering heights of Everest, Sabita embodies the spirit…
Yes, Beijing has a museum devoted to tap water BY CATHERINE GARCIA, THE WEEK US PUBLISHED 14-02-2023 Art, natural history and science museums are wonderful places to explore, but sometimes you want a museum shake-up. That’s where these seven out-of-the-ordinary museums come into play, with their focus on toilets, tap water and dog collars.…
OBITUARY| VOLUME 402, ISSUE 10413, P1618, NOVEMBER 04, 2023 Andrew Green Sociologist who built a national sanitation movement in India. Born on April 2, 1943, in Rampur Baghel, a village in Bihar, India, he died of cardiac arrest on Aug 15, 2023, in New Delhi, India, aged 80 years Bindeshwar Pathak lifted sanitation standards in India by launching…
15 September 2023 By Dr Ruth Kattumuri and Brenda Wagaba The United Nations report (United Nations, 2023) is part of the global stocktake for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward achieving these goals by 2030. This report indicates there has been adequate progress with SDG 6 to ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation…
Bindeshwar Pathak (1943‑2023): Before Swachh Bharat, there was Sulabh INDIA Aug 26-Sept 1, 2023 By Pam Kwatra Deeply shocked to know about this heartbreaking news about Dr Pathak Ji. With utmost respect and gratitude, my heartfelt tribute to this most noble soul I had the pleasure of meeting him around 25 years ago. When he…
GANDHI, AHIMSA, HARIJANS AND PIT LATRINES How Bindeshwar Pathak turns excrement into riches By Alleyn Diesel Published in The Witness, 12 July, 2023 Who would expect attendance at the GMK – Gandhi, Mandela, King – Conference in June would lead to pondering the significance of excrement in our world reeling with conflict, intolerance, desecration, and…
The South Asian Times New York Edition / June 24-30, 2023 Padma Bhushan Dr Bindeshwar Pathak felicitated on Long Island Garden City, NY: Prominent Indian American community leaders welcomed living legend Dr Bindeshwar Pathak at a meet‑and‑greet on June 19 in Long Island. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Dr Pathak is famous as the founder of…
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