According to the New York Times, 564 million Indian citizens don't have toilets, indoor or outdoor. You read that right. Roughly half of India's population goes without what Americans of all economic stripes take for granted, and that is standard (indoors) in any American apartment or house.
The country's females are often forced to relieve themselves in groups each day, thanks to threats of sexual assault. There's safety in numbers, apparently. Others either get up extra early, or wait until after dark in order to avoid being watched.
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