Opinion | Being Dr Bindeshwar Pathak in India, the World’s Largest Democracy Written By: Atul K Thakur News18.com /Last Updated: AUGUST 28, 2023 / New Delhi, India Dr Pathak was a social revolutionary who single-handedly made the strides to end the ill practice of manual scavenging, further expanding the movement to cleanliness, sanitation and effective water management…
Obituary | Cleanliness, godliness Bindeshwar Pathak realised that India’s future depended on toilets The social reformer and revolutioniser of national sanitation died on August 15th, aged 80 Aug 24th 2023 It all began with a dare. Bindeshwar Pathak, then seven or so, wondered why the thin little woman who came through the back door sometimes, selling…
The man who revolutionised sanitation PRADEEP KUMAR NAYAK I’m | New Delhi | August 23, 2023 Ideas have the potential to change society. It is widely believed that a simple but positive idea can often have a ripple effect on society and can in turn create a revolution. Dr Bindeswar Pathak of Bihar who passed away…
His First Two Toilets Built With Rs 500 From Arrah Municipal Official To 10,000-Plus Public Toilets Across The Country. Written by Harikishan Sharma New Delhi | Updated: August 16, 2023 Bindeshwar Pathak, noted social reformer and founder of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation who championed the cause of sanitation by building over 10,000 public toilets across…
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…
Press Trust of India, Johannesburg By Fakir Hassen The internationally-acclaimed Sulabh sanitation project established by Dr Bindeshwar Pathak across India is to be extended to South Africa to bring these facilities to rural communities. Dr Pathak was a guest speaker at the Gandhi-King-Mandela International Conference 2023 in Pietermaritzburg last week because the model he developed…