Indian villages have an image of being places which are far from technological, educational and social advances. Places with open drains, unavailability of transport, lack of facilities. Places where children play gilli danda and swing on tires tied to tree branches, where men are superior and women meant to take care of family. A few facts that follow changed my outlook of the rural India and are about to change yours.
Punsari, a secluded village in Gujarat, talks about wi-fi and optical fiber broadband network, its children spend best of their times in air-conditioned classrooms with CCTV cameras. The village also brags of its own mini-bus transport system and there are 25-odd CCTVs located on important junctions to spot litterbugs.
Not a single rupee for all these has come from across the seven seas, instead the village managed its funds over the last five years that it received from central and state sponsored developmental schemes. The village panchayat had a capital of Rs 25,000 five years ago. Today, the deposits have soared to Rs 75 lakh. Their schools have no dropouts and CCTV cameras help to keep watch on teachers. Their reverse osmosis plant supplies 20-litre cans to houses for a token cost of Rs 4.
People of Nawanshahar, a remote village in Punjab are proud of its sex ratio. There are 1000 females for every 1000 males. Girls are not only accepted, they have the same facilities and rights as boys, be it education, sports or occupation. This in true sense is the meaning of Equality that our constitution talks about.
Bhiwandi, near Mumbai has endless happiness scattered during the wedding season. People get their kids married in a very simple way exluding pretentious arrangements and and Dowry is a big no-no. Tanzeem Khuddam-e-Millat (Organisation of the Community’s Servants), an initiative my the muslim natives discards unnecessary expenditure and emphasizes on the union of the bride and the groom. Feeding the baraatis is indeed the most pricey affair involved in a wedding which is taken care of here with servings of ice cream bars, dates and juice. Tanzeem urges parents to give a part of their property to the bride as mehar (gift of marriage).
Imagine such marriages, social reforms and technological advances being a part of every village, town, city and state of the country. A lot of families would be spared from being ruined, a lot of girls would stand head high and the generations to follow would be nothing but gratifying for the foundation we laid for their dazzling and hassle free future.
Many such ideas and reforms may be waiting for us to act. It's time we take one step forward, be it small, make effort towards the gigantic tasks that lie ahead. The initiatives may have started At The Bottom and we are in charge of taking it not only to the top but to all the directions possible!!!
Courtesy: Time of India, Satyamevjayate
Cheers!
God Bless!!
Chandra Daga
Punsari, a secluded village in Gujarat, talks about wi-fi and optical fiber broadband network, its children spend best of their times in air-conditioned classrooms with CCTV cameras. The village also brags of its own mini-bus transport system and there are 25-odd CCTVs located on important junctions to spot litterbugs.
Not a single rupee for all these has come from across the seven seas, instead the village managed its funds over the last five years that it received from central and state sponsored developmental schemes. The village panchayat had a capital of Rs 25,000 five years ago. Today, the deposits have soared to Rs 75 lakh. Their schools have no dropouts and CCTV cameras help to keep watch on teachers. Their reverse osmosis plant supplies 20-litre cans to houses for a token cost of Rs 4.
People of Nawanshahar, a remote village in Punjab are proud of its sex ratio. There are 1000 females for every 1000 males. Girls are not only accepted, they have the same facilities and rights as boys, be it education, sports or occupation. This in true sense is the meaning of Equality that our constitution talks about.
Bhiwandi, near Mumbai has endless happiness scattered during the wedding season. People get their kids married in a very simple way exluding pretentious arrangements and and Dowry is a big no-no. Tanzeem Khuddam-e-Millat (Organisation of the Community’s Servants), an initiative my the muslim natives discards unnecessary expenditure and emphasizes on the union of the bride and the groom. Feeding the baraatis is indeed the most pricey affair involved in a wedding which is taken care of here with servings of ice cream bars, dates and juice. Tanzeem urges parents to give a part of their property to the bride as mehar (gift of marriage).
Imagine such marriages, social reforms and technological advances being a part of every village, town, city and state of the country. A lot of families would be spared from being ruined, a lot of girls would stand head high and the generations to follow would be nothing but gratifying for the foundation we laid for their dazzling and hassle free future.
Many such ideas and reforms may be waiting for us to act. It's time we take one step forward, be it small, make effort towards the gigantic tasks that lie ahead. The initiatives may have started At The Bottom and we are in charge of taking it not only to the top but to all the directions possible!!!
Cheers!
God Bless!!
