hygiene

With more awareness about the environmental damage caused by sanitary waste rising among people, many women are switching back to a practice followed by our grandmothers or mothers in the olden days—homemade cloth pads.

After a string of complaints regarding the cleanliness and hygiene of the linen provided on Indian Railways trains, officials have announced several measures of improvement, including designer blankets.

The children have started not only internalising it, but are also trying to translate this knowledge and practice to their families and community at large.

As part of a campaign to make 621 Maharashtra villages open-defecation free by October 2, 10,000 toilet pits were dug in a single day in preparation for 10,000 toilets to be built.

If you're unhappy with your visit to a public restroom, you could soon be able to give instant feedback directly to the government.

The quest to make India open-defecation-free continues. An organisation is contributing to the drive by offering a unique and sustainable solution in Rajasthan’s villages — EcoSan toilets.

From state-of-the-art kitchen bases to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all; here's what interested us about the policy.

Empowering children to be changemakers of tomorrow can go a long way to solving many of India’s pressing problems. Richa Shukla writes about how a campaign in parts of Kolkata helped teach kids about hygiene and cleanliness, and inspired them to influence their communities.

Many government schools across India suffer from poor facilities, including terrible sanitation facilities and urinals. A new innovation is helping schools overcome this issue – waterless urinals for boys.

A student-designed solution always involves jugaad. And it was jugaad that helped Subik Pandian, a student of Class 8 put two and two together to make a urinal using a water can.