'Even the most basic water amenities, people like us used every day, didn't exist there at all.'
What years of education, social messaging and reservations couldn't accomplish, water scarcity did in one summer, says Geetanjali Krishna.
In India, 173 people defecate in the open for every square km.
'With running water our two hands play, In and out the colourful soap dances away! It bubbles and froths between our fingers Under our nails it cleans and lingers Then all the soap we wash away!'
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