The sight of men - women are more modest - relieving themselves in public is so common in India that it scarcely attracts any attention, let alone criticism.
For some it is a matter of habit. For others in a country with around 260m people living below the poverty line, it is the prohibitive cost of repeat visits to public toilets that often charge one rupee - two US cents - for use of a urinal and two for entry to a cubicle.
