# That Indian PM That Advocated Drinking Urine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162 "2013-07-10T19:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/1 "2013-07-10T19:23:23Z")
Did it help him? I recall that the guy drank a glass every day-are there any health benefits to this? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/2 "2013-07-10T19:37:35Z")
His name was [Moraji Desai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morarji_Desai). I cannot say as to whether it helped him but he did live to be 98 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/3 "2013-07-10T19:47:06Z")
A couple years after his term, I saw him at JFK airport as we were dropping off my uncle for an Air India flight. He was alone (no security). My father and uncle just walked up to him, said hi, and they chatted a bit. My uncle later told us that he flew regular coach. On the way home, my parents told me about his urine-drinking thing. I was disgusted. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/4 "2013-07-10T19:51:42Z")
Was it his own urine? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/5 "2013-07-11T05:03:16Z")
I once read that Gandhi was a proponent of drinking a glass of urine a day, too. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/6 "2013-07-11T05:31:06Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Was it his own urine? Well, that would be kinda like . . . masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/7 "2013-07-11T09:40:33Z")
Must have made for some head scratching when he’d be hosted during state visits. Balloon or flute? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/8 "2013-07-11T10:28:54Z")
Yes, it was his own urine. There’s a school of thought in Hinduism that advocates drinking some of your own urine every day. It’s a very small school. ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-indian-pm-that-advocated-drinking-urine/663162/9 "2013-07-11T11:16:05Z")
I’ve read a LOT of books about Gandhi and him drinking urine has never been mentioned.