18th of May
every year is worldwide observed as the World Museum Day. On this date every
big or small museum organizes programmes for community awareness. As a matter
of fact, museums are the repository of human heritage and the heritages are
nothing but the objects recording achievements of the human beings. Museums
will fail in their duty if they fail to acquaint the society with the saga of
human civilization. As a matter of fact, the greatest responsibility of this
public institution is to educate the community and that they cannot discharge
without a greater outreach. That is why, such an important date is utilized to
go closer to the mass.
In this backdrop, the
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, a unique experiment in the field is
also making allout efforts to apprise the people of the need of toilets.
Established in 1992, by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, it is perhaps the first complete
toilet museum. So far nearly three million people have visited its website and
annually some ten thousand people, with a good chunk of foreigners come to see
it. By apprising the mass at large of the dangers of open defecation and
benefits of clean inhouse toilets, the museum is contributing its mite in the
campaign of cleanliness, ushered in by the Sulabh.
The other day, in my
blog, I had quoted an American journalist, who called the toilet a seat of soul.
Whether it was Gandhi, Narendra Modi or Dr Pathak, who pleaded for toilet first
and temples later, have wisely got inspiration from the saying, cleanliness is
next to godliness. On this eventful day, I request my fellow countrymen to give
an impetus to the movement of toilet for all. I also invite them to visit the
Sulabh Toilet Museum, which earlier was adjudged third in a list of top ten
quirkiest museums of the world by the Time Magazine. Thanks.
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