... A brief essay that takes a line from a poem by the Hindi writer Alokdhanwa to present in the portrait of a bathroom the reality of the inequality of nations. Alokdhanwa’s line is juxtaposed here with a line by John Cheever about bathrooms—the essay finding meaning, literary and otherwise...

... Bathroom inequality literary style Alokdhanwa John Cheever Nabokov ...

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... Apartment below Hettie’s is gutted for renovation and dust rising, her bathroom’s inoperative. Helene losing her hair, Hettie suggests pellagra, no bathroom for two weeks makes her tired, dirty, mad. Helene sees Boston doctor, says “No More Doctors.” Hettie has scene with “specialty plumbers...

... of a bathroom the reality of the inequality of nations. Alokdhanwa’s line is juxtaposed here with a line by John Cheever about bathrooms—the essay finding meaning, literary and otherwise, in squalid places. Bathroom inequality literary style Alokdhanwa John Cheever Nabokov A report...

... ethnographically an illicit market for sexual favors unfolding in the bathroom stalls of the Gara de Nord railway station. Staffed and frequented by homeless men, the market also caters to gay Romanian professionals and foreign tourists. While the quick cash and titillating rushes made possible by these sex...

... the phone’s contact list. The manager and a cleaning lady assisted David and Max in whatever small way they could: they pointed to a bathroom, they helped put things back in their original place, they nodded in different directions to make sure David and Max checked everything possible. The work was done...