A truly interdisciplinary book, covering sanitation issues across all involved disciplines, it examines the sanitation in the context of a multiplicity of socio-cultural values and law and policy framework in India. The term ‘sanitation’, used in this book refers specifically to the safe excreta disposal and thus is uncoupled from water supply or disposal of household trash/ garbage. India, home to a billion, faces a huge challenge in the field of sanitation. The reasons are not far to look for; rampant and indiscriminate open defecation and lack of adequate toilet facilities are responsible for such dismissal scenario.