Women in this country are not willing to respect themselves, otherwise they would not be willing to pee in the wild. - "Toilet Hero"
I have read some texts about India, and almost all of them have mentioned the problem of difficulty in going to the toilet. The most important thing is that the local people are used to defecate everywhere, taking the sky as the grass and the ground as the pit, and the demand for toilets is sluggish. "Toilet Hero" is an Indian filmmaker's conscience production. It cuts into the pain of the people, reflects gender discrimination, challenges traditional bad habits, and also cheers for the "Clean India Movement" proposed by the Modi government. A small toilet started a revolution, changed history, and promoted social progress. The film is the traditional production mode of Bollywood, which is better than the content of the story.
Jaya, who is highly educated, is an only child and grew up in an enlightened family with better economic conditions. The small owner of the bicycle shop, Keshav, came from an ordinary family. His mother died young, and he lived with his younger brother and his father, three boys. His father, Panzhida, was a devoted religious believer. Coincidentally, these two met and fell in love. When breaking through various barriers and stepping into the marriage hall, Jaya found that her husband's house did not have a toilet! It was the first time she knew that she had to be like other women in the village. Before dawn, she would walk a long distance with a lamp and water to the woods in the wild, because the scriptures said that such filthy things should not be put away. At home, of course, with the exception of men.
Jaya insisted that she would get a divorce if the toilet was not built. This became the first divorce in the village in 1,700 years, and it also made headlines in various newspapers. People of all colors have their own opinions on this. They truly understand Jaya and feel There is very little inner support. Keshav tossed out various expedient measures to make his wife go to the toilet out of love for his wife. During this process, he gradually understood that his wife's persistence was not only a difference in life cognition, but also a challenge to traditional culture. , the impact and change of traditional concepts. During the struggle, Jaya realized that the real opponents of women are themselves. They succumb to tradition, settle into habits, and devalue themselves, so no one will feel how inconvenient or contempt for women to go to the toilet. She spoke for women, and women turned from disgust, ridicule to support for her, which is also the process of women's awakening.
The outcome, of course, was Jaya's victory, which sparked a nationwide protest, and the government was able to proceed with the construction of toilets in clean India. Public toilets were built in the village, and the private toilet built by Keshav for Jaya, the Taj Mahal, was also accepted by his father, in perfect harmony. In the film, Keshav exclaims that "to have a wife, you must first have a toilet", but in fact only one third of the Indians use the toilet, and the rest are still doing it wantonly in the vast world, turning every inch of the country's land into one. Public toilets, right now, with a smartphone in hand, Facebook and searching the Internet! I remembered the eight points of attention of the Red Army that I saw in Changting, which were put forward in the 1930s. The eighth item is not to defecate anywhere. I thought it was quite funny when I saw it at the time. Combined with this movie, I was immediately glad that the Chinese woke up earlier.
When I was a child, the toilet was not located in the house either. It was a public toilet at first, so don’t try to imagine its cleanliness. I used a spittoon at home. My grandmother’s house had an earthen toilet that I dug myself to accumulate fertilizer. I didn’t have a private toilet until I lived in a suite in the 1980s. I remember my hometown in Shandong. My cousin also expressed surprise, she thought there would be a smell. The toilet revolution, the government has also raised such a slogan in recent years, Fuzhou has built many public toilets, various styles, the unified feature is clean, water source, and even toilet paper, which does mean that the city is progressing and the citizens are also progressing. . When traveling abroad, the establishment of public toilets in various scenic spots is also improving day by day. Regardless of the sanitation conditions, there are at least designated places to take care of them, of course, except for the uninhabited areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
I don’t know from which day I started to change my impression of the place because of the public toilets during my travels. When choosing accommodation, I would also look at the bathroom first. For example, in Phoenix in 2013, there were very few public toilets, and simple announcements of one yuan and two yuan for toilets were posted everywhere, leading to roadside restaurants or people's homes. In the same 13 years, Xi'an has done a very good job at this point and must add points. Generally speaking, the sanitation of public toilets in the north is worse, and the remote areas are worse than the coastal areas, but all parts are getting better. I went to Guizhou in May this year, which refreshed my understanding of the sanitation in remote areas, which is still very good. Great.
Behind the unimaginable story of divorce triggered by toilets is the long-term submissiveness of 600 million Indian women. Fortunately, the younger generation is on the rise, and they are gradually gaining economic independence, so they are more able to express their needs and break free from the constraints imposed by religion. Everything is changing, everything is getting better and better, India is and so are we.
2018.7.31 in Fuzhou
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