VIZAG matters - Sohan Hatangadi's Blog

Loo Story If we asked a group of Vizagites as to what the greatest inventions in our lifetime were, many would say washing machines, televisions, computers, mobile phones and so on and they would probably be right considering the huge impact that it has had on our lives. However there is one contraption that has really made the biggest difference of all and that is the humble potty in our toilets. Just do the job, press a knob, turn a handle or pull a chain and Abracadabra! The evidence disappears in a magical swirl of water.  The point here is that the humble commode, the “potty”, the “ivory throne”, the “comfort seat” is by far the greatest invention of the 20 th century. You can do without your mobile phone for a day but can you manage without using the potty? Quod Erat Demonstrandum. By the sea Old timers will remember how things were in Vizag in the old days. Most of Vizag went in the open.  Villagers went in the fields. Fisher folk and coast dwellers line...

The science of urinals The high urinals Have you noticed how high urinals have become? Walk into a men’s restroom and look at the urinal. You will find that it is perched high on the wall, challenging your ability to deliver your stream accurately into it. I have seen it in offices, restaurants, cinema theatres, bus stands, railway stations and umpteen public places. In the old days even our airports had these high mounted urinals. Now with better standards the new airports and multiplex toilets are built to international standards and they have the urinals at the right height. I have been wondering why the urinals are built so high so I interviewed some urinal attendants, plumbers and contractors. Here is what I found Their logic goes like this...  The urinal must be high because if you delivered a stream into a low urinal it would somehow splash out of it on to your trousers and chappals. Instead if you delivered it high, it would only wet your shirt T...