SOME GARDEN adjacent to the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, on the banks of the
The river Sabarmati. This is not the thin Ashoka trees, with Rascheln
Sparrows both sides of the food and the cleanliness of the sidewalks swept, or
Flamboyant gulmohar combed, with its fine leaves in a corner of the
Hof, catch your eyes. On the right side, as you woodlot
Campus, is a captivating array of toilets. The regular black
Shields are different from chamber pots, Oden communist open latrines, soak pits,
Even a small but touching thoughtful “child toilet.”

This is the toilet “garden” to the Environmental Sanitation Institute,
Safai Vidyalaya, began the year by 1963.