Indian court grants woman divorce over lack of home toilet

Indian court grants woman divorce over lack of home toilet

An Indian woman has been granted permission to divorce her husband because he would not build a toilet in their home. The woman in her 20s had been married for five years, but had been forced to relieve herself in nearby fields. Indian law only allows divorce in...
Toilet paper – The Over or Under Debate

Toilet paper – The Over or Under Debate

Toilet Paper. Over or Under – The Great Debate Toilet paper when used with a toilet roll holder with a horizontal axle parallel to the floor and also parallel to the wall has two possible orientations: the toilet paper may hang over (in front of) or under...
Toilet Tourism. Winners for number 1 & 2

Toilet Tourism. Winners for number 1 & 2

Toilet tourism awards fun for a serious cause BTN News18 Thursday, 06 July 2017 When we reported on the World Toilet Organization in 2001 – one of the first news services to do so – the feedback was immediate and, as might be expected, rather ribald. But the...
A Brief History of the Toilet

A Brief History of the Toilet

The next time you reach over to pull the lever (or push the button) to flush a toilet, take a moment to think about a world without these marvels of human engineering. Okay, the invention of the modern toilet doesn’t carry the same sense of drama that the...