And on to the topic that bothers me the most in India — men relieving themselves in public everywhere. Apparently, France used to suffer from the same problem. Men chose to piddle all over the streets of Paris, and nothing could stop them. Not even specially designed wall surfaces that splashed the urine right back at them. The men merely moved on to more inviting walls.
A solution was found though, as Sanchita Sharma highlighted in her article, Stop this Flow of Stench. A “bad behaviour brigade” was introduced to roam the streets of Paris to prevent citizens from littering, and peeing on walls and street corners. Offenders were find an exorbitant amount of up to 450 Euros (over 30,000 rupees). In conjunction with this, the government set up over 400 free public toilets in Paris.
This sounds like a fabulous initiative to me. Like Sanchita says, the money collected from the fines can be used to build public toilets in the city. From the amount of men I see daily peeing all over Mumbai, the money would flow in. The government has put considerable effort into stopping jaywalking, people walking on the railway tracks between platforms at stations, honking, and people talking on mobile phones while driving. Why not address the issue of the very unsanitary and unsavory issue of public urination?
Constantly being confronted with the sight of men peeing provokes in me undeniable feelings of disgust towards Mumbai’s male population. Really, they remind me of dogs, indiscriminately peeing all over the road and on things. Even my husband has required training. Yes, for sure, it’s convenient for them to pee where ever they like because they don’t have to squat like women. However, I’ve seen a number of men squatting and defecating in this city too. Never women! Something should be done about these human animals.
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well it`s not common to see public urination here. of course you get one oe two odd guy /woman but generally our streete don`t smell of pee. thank god for that
sarath
Hi Sarath, you’re so fortunate not to have that problem there! I want to come and visit Sri Lanka some day. It looks like a beautiful country.
My parents remember and older woman in Paris, years and years ago, who was wearing a long skirt and just squatted down in the middle of the street to pee.
It wasn’t just a men issue.
Now of course you have to pay for the public restroom (I guess to keep them clean), but I guess the mentality has improved?
His wife or a woman in the house probably occupied the only bathroom in the house.
I don’t know about the women, but the men still do. In countrysides, if not the cities.
In India, ‘Kissing in public’ is not allowed and common, nevertheless, ‘Pissing in public’ is surely allowed and common.
There is strong prejudice for the ‘Public display of affection’. Yet, there is no civic-sense about the ‘Public display of non-sense’. And Of course, I would ban the ‘affection’ first, not the ‘non-sense’, because I am a Hindu and I worship ‘Shiva-ling’ (male organ of Shiva).
Let all the ‘lings’ have some fresh air…
I saw a woman lift up her sari and pee right in front of me in Delhi once. We were all waiting to board an overnight bus to Manali, and she just walked over the sidewalk and did it on the grass.
Some one please buy her the ‘go-girl’.
I think I have to bring up the Hindu concept of ‘yoni’. But I am not sure how many Hindus worship ‘yoni’, of course, except ‘the men’.
Well, a fine of tht scale will be a wasted effort. because of the phrase “saheb, gareeb maus ahey, saheb…c(s)odaa naa…” or a straight faced bargain with the fine without reciept. The idea of a brigade fails too, because the cops pee on the walls too, just like traffic cops break traffic rules. And its only the educated idealistic indian that seems to have a problem with it, but with the slightest discomfort they go “F*** it!”, too… every one’s in on it and so are the women…the only difference being they do it behind shrubs or some kind of covered area…granted very few of them but they do…try Mankhurd, near the railway station…Ahh! what a glorious start to my pityful mondays at work…
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