This is the story of Indian democracy through the development of Lavatories. In t he beginning there were open toilets and every morning a sweeper would come and take all the waste and carry it on his head, then came the era of toilets with safety tanks and finally it developed as sewerages. If you wanted to peep into this sewerage then come with me, I will take you to the journey of this 375 pages odd books. The book is written by Dom Moraes and his wife Saaryu srivastva. Pages after pages have been wasted in opening the old wounds of India: Gujarat riots, I984, Naxalites problem and the list is very long. Now consider some of the abstracts of book –
“Democracy creates indiscipline. Indians is the biggest liars and cheaters in world. Great Mao of china said that India is a rotten fruit and it will fall by itself.”The book is neither travelogue nor Interview; but it contains discussion. Every body the great beurocrates, the legendary Bengla authors are either sipping the tea or drinking gallons of scotch and talking and talking, criticizing the term that is commonly called India or Indian Democracy. The Doom Sahib has not left a single instance where he does not want to prove That Indians were well fed, well mannered, well cultured under the British Raj and has spoiled by getting freedom. He has met with many so and so “s, and all reputed, whose voice in critising India matters for Doom. There were the two people whose discussion I like at least positive, one was the then Prime minister The Indra Kumar Gujral and second is Ratan Tata; first emphasized education and later one Industrial growth with rural upliftment. Others were just doing Bakwas.
Pages after pages were wasted in proving that Indians are the violent , caste obsessed and corrupt and Hinduism is the most complex religion that tolerance even with its own people. The beautiful and old cities like Chandigarh, Delhi, and Lucknow are the cities filled with filth and dust. People have more bad memories of partion then Independence. Books begin from London moves to Mumbai, kolkota, Delhi and in entire India.
Even in these journeys of sewerage you will find something Interesting, First the book (if we leave the remarks a, comments, opinions of Doom and his wife) the book is well written and well researched. The author might have worked very hard, travelled extensively, and keep a good reputation in India but all to prove that India was better in British Raj.
Please Read it once and then forget immediately.