INDIA LIVES IN HER VILLAGES

The major population of India lives in villages even now.IF WE WANT TO CHANGE INDIA,WE MUST FIRST CHANGE HER VILLAGES.Gandhi had recognised this fact during the times of freedom struggle.The first thing he did after reaching India was making a trip trying to understand the problems of the villagers all along the country.He saw their poverty ,unemployment and misery. He saw the discrimination based on religion ,caste creed and community.He realised the inequality women were subjected to.He knew about the problems caused by drug addiction.He found that the farmers in the villagers had to pay high taxes .The superstitions and social evils like dowry made life difficult for the people in the villages. He realised that It was the people of the villages who were the real victims of the foreign rule as well as the  social evils .That  why he began a two fold action for freedom as pointed out by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Discovery of India.The first was to resist the Britsh rule and the second was to fight the social evils in India.The fight was to begin from the villages.


Thus Gandhi and Nehru sent the young  volunteers of the freedom fight to the villages in India. That is how the freedom fighters came to know about  the poverty and misery in the villages.Thus they discovered that the freedom and growth of India depends up on the welfare of the thousands of villages in India. Rural development was recognised as the foundation of the economical development of India. The leaders came out with options like Gramaswaraj and the Khadi movement to boost the rural economy.Village life became a symbol of freedom and development. Lifestyle changed to simplicity and nobility in thoughts.

Even after attaining political freedom, the attempt to strengthen the rural economy continues but the problems still remain in many of the villages in India.There is poverty and misery in many places.Women are not given equality.They are still physically abused and disrespected.Dowry is still a problem in many families. There is discrimination based on caste and religion in many places. There is unemployment and starvation. There is scarcity of food ,water and clean air.Child labour goes on in many villages in our country .Many people are addicted to drugs.There are many health issues affecting mainly the children and women.If we want to develop India we must focus on the development of the villages,



Dr. AP J Kalam had dreamed of the PURA concept of villages to change economy of the villages with the help of technology..Efforts must go on to change the villages .Women empowerment programmes like Kudumabasrees must go on.Every village must be self reliant and developed. Support must be given to rural industries and agriculture.Projects like the National Rural Employment Generation Scheme must be continued.Awareness programmes must be conducted to stop drug addiction,superstitions and discriminations based on caste, creed and community.Efforts must be taken to strengthen scientific temper.Then only we can think of a developed India.
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IT WAS MAHATMA GANDHI  WHO told the people that he had a vision for a  new India with  a prominent role for the poor in building the Nation and with all the communities living in harmony. He realized that India lives in her villages and all developmental activities must begin from the village as a unit. He gave importance to rural development.He dreamed of an India where there would be no untouchability  and  people being not addicted to drinks and drugs. He also spoke for the equality for women and a fusion of religions. This vision kept the spirit of freedom aflame in every Indian.

The major population of India live in villages even now.IF WE WANT TO CHANGE INDIA,WE MUST FIRST CHANGE HER VILLAGES.Even after attaining political freedom, the attempt to strengthen the rural economy continues but the problems still remain in many of the villages in India.There is poverty and misery in many places.Women are not given equality.They are still physically abused and disrespected.Dowry is still a problem in many families. There is discrimination based on caste and religion in many places. There is unemployment and starvation. There is scarcity of food ,water and clean air.Child labour goes on in many villages in our country .Many people are addicted to drugs.There are many health issues affecting mainly the children and women.If we want to develop India we must focus on the development of the villages,



Dr. AP J Kalam had dreamed of the PURA concept of villages to change economy of the villages with the help of technology..Efforts must go on to change the villages .Women empowerment programmes like Kudumabasrees must go on.Every village must be self reliant and developed. Support must be given to rural industries and agriculture.Projects like the National Rural Employment Generation Scheme must be continued.Awareness programmes must be conducted to stop drug addiction,superstitions and discriminations based on caste, creed and community.Efforts must be taken to strengthen scientific temper.Then only we can think of a developed India.
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