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  • Releasing the book Sociology of Sanitation on the occasion on two days national conference at Mavalankar Hall  
  • CELEBRATING NEW LIFE: Sulabh Founder Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak among Vrindavan widows, celebrating their new life. 
  • Sulabh rewards brides who left their in-laws' place for lack of toilet 
  • Founder of Sulabh Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak sits with the liberated scavengers of Alwar 
  • Dr. Pathak stands with the Sulabh Effluent Treatment system attached with public toilet linked biogas plant. 
  • The revolutionary two-pit Sulabh Shauchalaya is environmentally-friendly and can be constructed with a variety of local materials. 

Founder

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak

Sociologist, social activist, and Founder of Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement, Dr. Pathak believes the toilet is a tool for social change. He has received a great deal of national and international recognition for his work, including the Stockholm Water Prize in 2009, and he is considered a pioneer for social reform.

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Achievements

Sulabh Sanitation Movement

1.2 million

Sulabh household toilets constructed

 

54 million

Government toilets constructed based on Sulabh design

 

8,000+

Sulabh community toilet blocks

 

640

Towns made scavenging free

 

10.5 million

People using toilets based on Sulabh design daily

 

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These museums are for those who have offbeat tastes
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:30
Times of Oman
Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens — the traditional home of traditional art. However, the world is a huge, creative and even quirky place. So to satisfy those offbeat tastes online travel adviser Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with its list of quirky museums.
International
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Travel Picks: Top 10 quirky museums around the world
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 06:00
Reuters
(Reuters) - Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens - the traditional home of traditional art. However, the world is a huge, creative and even quirky place. So to satisfy those offbeat tastes online travel adviser Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with its Top 10 quirky museums. Reuters has not endorsed this list:
International
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Home for old women gets new lease of life
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 03:15
The Times of India, Varanasi
VARANASI: The only state-run old age home for women at Durgakund has got a new lease of life.
India
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Bihar hunts for social engineers to transform lives
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 01:45
The Times of India, Nagpur
NAGPUR: The Bihar government is on a hunt for more Bindeshwar Pathaks or Verghese Kuriens to create a revolution in the hinterland. While late Kurien created the famous Amul brand, Pathak, who hails from Bihar itself, is the man behind Sulabh toilets.
Maharashtra
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Widows "invisible" that inhabit India: excluded from society and treated as pariahs (PHOTOS)
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 17:15
The Huffington Post
Driven from their homes, excluded from society, unpopular with their families, not worthy to participate in religious ceremonies and for community events. Real pariah, of which despise even the shadow because the bearer of ominous and foreboding. This is the plight of Indian widows upon the death of her husband lose any rights and dignity.
International
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Kashi widows now avail Sulabh pension, medical welfare scheme
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 15:45
India Today.in
As the sun rose across the sandy banks of the Ganga at the Rajendra Prasad ghat at Varanasi on Sunday, life turned a new leaf for the 100-odd widows of Kashi -- NGO Sulabh international launched a pension and medical welfare scheme for them. The founder of Sulabh, Bindeshwar Pathak, said he intended to draft a bill and hand it over to Parliament to better the plight of widows abandoned by their
India
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National Workshop on Sociology of Sanitation
DD Lok Sabha
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 12:30
National Workshop on Sociology of Sanitation
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महाकुंभ में पेश हुई परंपरा की नई मिसाल
Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 10:00
totaltv
महाकुंभ में पेश हुई परंपरा की नई मिसाल
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Dalit women at the Kumbh: just symbolism or caste assertion?
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 23:15
NDTV 24x7
A hundred Dalit women from Rajasthan took a holy dip with the blessings of several priests in an assertion of their identity and the respect they demand.
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National Workshop on Sociology of Sanitation
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 12:30
DD Lok Sabha
National Workshop on Sociology of Sanitation
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Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak - LH Forum 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 05:00
LHFORUM
Dr. Bindheshwar Pathak is an Indian sociologist. He is the founder of Sulabh International. He has received numerous awards for Indian and international association he founded Sulabh International. Established in 1970.
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