Rahul Jacob: Wasting our Children

To rid us of our adherence to open defecation will need communicating that all Indians are created equal and that the practice is anti-national. Can our politicians measure up to this challenge?

The ‘Health of the Nation’s States’ report released this week by the Indian Council of Medical Research has many compelling statistics that reflect the uneven progress India’s states have made improving public health, but the most striking is a comparison with China. Having reported on China’s bustling southern provinces for three years immediately followed by about as long working in New Delhi, I believe comparing the two countries is a waste of time. China is largely a developed world country while India is a wannabe, ie a nation with a highly developed sense of wanting to be a superpower with