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I am hardly embarrassed because there was no way I could've known.

Apparently you do NOT put toilet paper in the toilet here. This is an absolute. You'd think that'd been somewhere in all the literature I've read.  Even in public places...even at McDonalds!
Let's just say I've single-handedly dismantled the septic system in my host family's home.  There isn't enuf inscense in India for what I've done.
The irony is that the maid told me. Yes, they have a maid & I can't flush the toilet! 

Not exactly 3rd world ...but then again not 1st either...