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Shit Happens.O.K? Chawm Ganguly

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that every gram of feces can contain 10,000,000 viruses, 1,000,000 bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs. Now multiply that by the number of Indians who are defecating out in the open, even as you read this and you will get just a glimpse of the enormity of …