Remember how Amitabh Bachchan kept stressing over his morning routine in the film Piku? While it gave us a good laugh, it also brought a hush-hush topic, constipation, into everyday conversation.

Squatting while on the toilet is better for your health, but Western nations insist on sitting. Now a new toilet design reduces the risk of colon diseases, and could even tell you if you’re pregnant.

Across many parts of Asia, squat toilets are being phased out, particularly in urban areas and public facilities, as comfort and convenience increasingly emerge as overriding considerations. But even ...

Saturday is World Toilet Day. Its mission is to call attention to the fact that 2.4 billion people do not have access to a clean, safe toilet. An international consciousness-raising event will take ...