2007-09-12 05:06:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
well that's a question that you'll get such a variety of answers to...
some villages are better off than others, because some are very poor while others are in better conditions. everyone knows everyone else in the village, and you normally live around a lot of your own family, or at least people who you consider to be family. they visit you a lot and you visit them too everyday, but not formally, just saying "hi!" and having tea and some snacks sometimes, or just helping out around the house. or even just chatting for some time.
normally there's a lot of work to do. and if you're a student then you go to school/college. or you work. or your farm/do things around the house. you're always busy in the Indian village.
as i said before, some villages are better off and therefore have things like electricity and plumbing. most do by now, but of course there must be many in very very rural areas that still do not.
but India is changing, and many of the villages are disappearing. hope that won't happen, because village life is something that is hard to describe in words, but something one must experience for themselves.
=)
2007-09-12 10:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been to India since my husband is Indian (from the North). I really did not like it at first because I was bored out of my mind. But once I got into the groove of things and enjoyed the slow pace I was ok. It is very slow but it is nice. People take the time to visit their neighbors and chat. It is not stressful at all! I don't think I could live in a village unless there were a big city nearby. I still like to go shopping. In a village you have to rely on small stores that may not have a lot of variety but on the plus side they all know you and are very neighborly and things are fresh! I love the people from India. They are very friendly and humble! I met so many people with PHD's that said it was an honor to meet me! I felt so embarrassed! Everywhere you go, people offer you tea and sweets. It is their custom. They are great people. I miss India! The sad thing is that there is a lot of poverty. Also that small children are forced to work when their family is very poor. If you have money then you can live well and afford things like a generator when the power goes off (not fun in the summer, hot as hell!) or servants that do laundry and clean your house for you. Since there is so much poverty it is very common to see servants in homes.
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I guess well wisher must have a different situation because I did not see any of that in my husband's family. If that would be the case then I wouldn't be married to him. They accepted me with open arms. They all have Master's degrees and speak English. They are not rich but do own a few businesses. They are wonderful people. So I guess it depends on your situation.
2007-09-12 05:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by mind your own business 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
India is a vast country with so many cultures and languages and casts. the villages life can not be typically one type . It has so many hues and colors . there are villages that are outskirts of a big city . there are villages that are on some or other highways. there are villages that are distant and aloof. all the three types are different from each others. Now the development has started touching villages and they are changing. with PMRY roads there are connecting roads upto villages by the main highways. there are many experiments with bio -gas and photoelectricity . there are efforts for canals. still the villages has a prima facae picture of cows buffalows and agriculture farms. with the panchayat system added to mainstream govt. there are many opportunities for growth and new businesses. Now the villagers have started changing the crops from the traditional to more commercial and profit backed crops. villages have started becoming a market in India now and the more this penetration of growth of economy the more growing market .
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2007-09-12 21:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi kim!. Life in an Indian village is very peaceful and harmonious. You can find greenery everywhere because of the hills, mountains and Trees surrounded to you. There are lots of animals which you wouldn't find in cities. People in villages are very warm, kind, generous, innocent and friendly. Climate is good and there is less pollution as compared to the cities. Living in a village has some diadvantages too.
There is lack of proper educational facilities, medical facilities and job opporunities. Except some disadvantages, Life in a village is simple and peaceful.
2007-09-12 06:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of India's people live in villages. Most villagers are farmers who work in nearby fields. A typical Indian village is a collection of mud-and-straw dwellings. These homes are generally small, consisting of one or two rooms with mud floors. Wealthier families live in brick or concrete houses. Most villagers own few possessions. These belongings typically include brass pots for cooking and clay pots for carrying water and storing grain. Village people cook foods on a chula, a clay oven that burns coal. People sit and sleep on cots of woven string, which are dragged outside on warm days. Many people also sleep outside. If the village is without electric power, kerosene lanterns are used for light. A local well or nearby pond or river provides water for most villages. Some larger villages have running water. A council of elected elders, called a panchayat, governs most villages. The panchayat has the power to hear complaints and administer punishments
2007-09-15 00:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by d_1167 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can not just ask "what is life like in an indian village?", because India is a country with big land area, contains different states has its own cultures and in each states itself different cultures between different areas (east,west, south, north & middle).
So what you have to understand is most of the villages are different in lifestyle according to their georgraphical location or as per the culture they follows
2007-09-12 05:17:35 · answer #6 · answered by svm777 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Life in a village be more connected with nature and simple. They believe in living together rather than focusing on individualism.
But by any how no one can say that rural people are dumber than urban people.
2015-05-18 00:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hai kim i am kiran from india. i am very surprised from ur question. the indian village life very hossom. the village is full of green nature, the heartkinded peoples of village, farmers working for thier livelyhood. the village scene is very impressive than city life according to me.
2007-09-12 05:19:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On well-being point of view, the village is robust via fact of organic air, dustfree. On academic and employment point of view, the city is greater useful.there are a great style of reward and downsides in city life and village life.There are greater opportunities for human beings to progression of their lives. there are various centers for human beings interior the city and that they've greater opportunities for creating wealth. little ones living interior the city can get a solid coaching, via fact there are greater useful college on the city than interior the village. whilst a man or woman falls sick there are solid government and private well-being midsection interior the city to get scientific care. There are great keep complexions, banks, places of work, cinemas, hostels, golf equipment, hospitals and so on. in and around the city. human beings interior the city have greater useful transport centers than the village. there is electricity, street, communique, telecommunication, plumb centers interior the city. So human beings can lead a comfortable and relaxing fife interior the city. The village human beings consistently attempt to guard their classic behavior and subculture. The village has sparkling air and the atmosphere is quite alluring. The village has much less noise and rush. So the pollution is far less. The village has not lot of automobiles. So roads are much less risky for making use of cycling. they could get sparkling vegetables and sparkling culmination. the atmosphere of the village is alluring and silent and it has scenic elegance. the city life is greater useful via fact of quite a few centers.
2016-12-16 18:14:02 · answer #9 · answered by schebel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never used to live in village but in india yes, but now i am in america but i can say that if you want to feel warm of love, innocence , if you want to feel the nature there is no other place in the world except a typical village.if you are truely indian you can feel this.
2007-09-15 08:50:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋