India is a country of villages. This is well known facts
that about 70% people of India are attached to agro related
occupation. Most of iitians , the greatest innovative mind of India had never seen the village. So they are not thinking much about villages. But without the development of villages we can’t have a vision of India as developed country. But here is some people who have some fascination for country and keep desire for seeing a village .GRA is a institution in IIT which organizes some village related activities and make possible for village visiting.
One such village camp was organized by GRA in the first week of December. This was
from first January to fifth January. The camp includes two parts of visits. First one was the visiting of villages under NBA (Narmada bachao andolan ) and another was visiting of the ideal village ,MOHAD in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
The aim of village-camp is to see the real face of India .The soul of every Indian is being bounded by an unbreakable thread of spirituality which kept the metros of india with the remote "vanwasi " area of india. Initially we went dhule by train.then dhadgao and then bilgao. At bilgao we saw a power plant which was generating 15 kw of power at that time. The plant was well-managed by the villagers themselves. We also looked a small dam which was also well managed by villagers. We enjoyed waterfall too at bilgaon. Actually it was the intercourse of two rivers creating a beautiful scenario and tells that man can’t be better painter than nature is. We enjoyed there and felt pleasure after roaming there in the river. We also captured the scene in camera..
There are many residential schools called "jeevanshala ".Children of villagers get education and also learn how to be self dependent .They are also taught the modern ways of agriculture so they can do good staying in there own villages.
After this we went to Narmada coast by jeep .We reached there at 5.45pm. There we saw the residuals of destroyed village due to increased water level of the river due to building of the dam. There are some people (adiwasi) ,who were worshipping for there dead ancestral. After that we have to travel by boat through the river.This was very pleased journey. But after one our journey ,the driver found some problem in the motorboat engine. One of the piston of the motor was going to be out of order soon. He was wise and patient. It was deep dark night .But he was carrying a powerful torch .With the help of that ,he found coast somewhere and stopped and declared that we have to stay there for whole night. He also denied that we can’t stay on the boat because it would sink in the water. Some of us were frightened but I couldn’t feel any kind of fear. Actually I was excited that we would get the chance to stay in the jungle. The coast was not shallow at all. Actually very deep water was found just near the land. But we were careful.
There was no house near the the coast. We found light coming from diya (alternative of lantern ) seeming hundred meters away from the coast. The driver was helpful. He first went there to get the idea of village and returned soon and told that we could stay there .We reached there carrying our bags in hand and making way through the farm .
There was only one homelike thing. Actually village is somewhere nearby. There was only a big roof closed walls from three sides. There was one old couple living here .There was everything what is found in a room. Actually they are staying there for watching
there fields. I saw old people of my villaeges in the face those old couples and realize that we all are Indians.
When we reached there the old couples who were just going to sleep. They saw us.
and started thinking how to welcome us.Their language was different. Our boat driver talked with him. Their language was quiet different from ours but still
we would be able to understand their language a little & hey too. We including driver were totally strangers for them still they understood our problem and they agreed to
give us shelter. That was a very big thing for us that they agreed. We were given the evidence what real India was and spiritually strong the Indians were .We saw that the spritual thought "atithi devo bhavaha" is still alive.During talk with them in the night we come to know they may remain hungry but can’t live their guest without meal.. They burn bonfire In the night for protection from cold as they do not have much clothes to wear. They somehow arranged big cloth over which we can sleep and insisted for dinner but we refused because that will increased inconvenience for them but they agreed only after getting convinced that we have enough food material for eating in the night. I was lost realizing my childhood in my own village After taking some refreshment many of us slept there and some of us sat near the bonfire and talked with old people. They are living far away from city or some village but their culture are similar to rest of India.They know the Indian epic , Ramyana and Mahabharata as they worshipping the lord “Ram” and the lord “Krishna”.They are also celebrating the major Indian festivals like Holi,Diwali.Dashera etc.We realize the reason behind the unbreakable thread binding every people of India. They are also believing in cast system but he distinguished them on the basis of eating habit. Those who are not eating any kind of flesh are considered Brahman .Goat eater are considered themselves better than fox eaters.In the morning they enthusiastically gave us tea. After we leave the village named Anjanwada.
The driver has already called another boat. We started our journey in the morning at 7.30pm. The scenario of that place was very fine.The range of mountains covered with trees,rising son between two mountain ,flowing river at the bottom ,moving boat in the river ,flying birds in the sky and the green field on other coast of river memorizes what we were doing painting during our childhood in the school. During journey ,one girl came on our boat for her journey in the way. She was Natasha an NRI living there among adiwasi doing her research work which she is going to present in some university of USA. During chat we come to know that she has interpreted many wrong things. She told that people her e do not know much about India and even they are feeling Indian. Really they are innocent and politically unaware .But we already have felt that the adiwasi are true Indians and we ,the city people are loosing elements of indianism.
After having three hour journey in boat we reached Budwani . We started our further journey in open jeep .It was too small for eighteen people but we somehow managed to sit. Really cooperation make tough thing easy and pleasing. We reached in Pichhodi.
In the way whenever we got the chance we try to talk more and more people.In the way recoverd that many people are not happy but satisfied the way of rehabilitation but some more canny people have given their land on rent and came to the region for protest so they could avail double if complete rehabilitation is not done.
Finally we reached the village Badwani. This was typical village ,houses made of soil and banboos having roof. We reached there ,then everyone meet us welcoming with word zindabad. Actually this used for those working and supporting for NBA. The village was
agro-based and people were happy. There was problem that people there were given lots of money so that they would rehabilitate themselves. But the land given to them have more threat. And other problem is that people are poor and couldn’t handle of such huge money hand misused them. Some bought luxurious material,some spent on drinks etc.These increased their requirement and they have now worse situation. But all are not against the rehabilitation .Only few conscious people are against this. Another thing which raise the rage among them that they are using river for water ,fishing etc . But after making of dam everything will undergo some authority and they have to pay for similar things.
Government has also fault that they are inefficient in doing groundwork. They are taking decision only based on estimation which usually have large deviation from reality. They have estimated that they have to rehabilitate only ten thousand wanwasi but there is fifty thousand wanwasi family spreading throughout the jungle .They have distributed money among the poor but do not make guidelines. One should realize that a man engaged in earning for their daily meals , how would manage a pile of money at a time.
Finally we left the village and went to nearby bus stoppage for getting bus for Khandwa..
And this was the ending of first part of the village trip which has lots of adventure ,experience, enjoyment . This has modify and solidify most of ideas. The work of villagers of Bilgaon gives message to developers and planners that the small dams are much fruitful and useful particularly in case of India. They are echo-friendly .They support to small industries .They would help in preserving the Indian culture because there is no need of rehabilitation of wanwasi. One what the most important thing is that big decision should be taken in the conference held in closed door, but should be done after doing lots of good and honest ground work.
Mohad is village which is the evidence the fact that village are self dependent and villagers can be happy living inside their own village. And it also give message to the country ,if every village could made like the Mohad then our country can be considered as a happy and developed country. The actual theme behind the village prosperity is the revival of Indian culture and utilizing modern discovery in more efficient way and in logical way so that purity of nature remain intact. They believe in cooperation and help. They believe in honesty and consciousness. The desire of knowledge how they have changed their village attract us for visiting the village so that we could do something for our own villages.
The flow of love ,cooperation, happiness ,revival of old pattern is motivated by the long ,
Continuous effort of a village big brother Surendra Singh Chauhan ,who is engineer by education, but a great social worker by heart. Everyone ,child to old,is calling him “jayramji bhaiyaji”. They have taught everyone how to live. He is not belieliving in castism at all. They have belief that only love can change one’s life.So he is centering on each home and believe to reach at kitchen of every family. He believes that a village develops on the idea that,
GRAM KA PAANI GRAM ME
GRAM KA PAISA GRAM ME
So they are producing everything in their own village what they are consuming at most possible. Some remarkable feature of the village. Every home is clean .Objects are well arranged in the houses.There is rostrum of Tulsi in everyhome. There are many kind of
plant of flowers. The idea is that these are natural element of decoration and do not require monetary expenditure. There are lots of trees throughout the villages. One couldn’t see many homes even from high places as they are covered with trees.To show love from trees girls brace rakhi on rakshabandhan to trees. There are toilets almost in every home .To be specific there 400 toilets in the village in which 229 have been made only in 35 days. Homes are made according to wastushastra .Many homes have own bio gas plant. Ladies feel more happier now and this also realizes city life. There are 108 bio gas plant .They are made with government help as well as own contribution. Villagers are using very easy technique for converting sugarcane juice into treacle. They are also making kheer from the sugarcane juice which have delicious taste. There are 400 hundred commercial flowerbed in the village and 46 type of industries in village. There are many cattle. Actually the ratio of cows and human is 1:2. There is government nursery spread over an area of 16 acre . There are 13 commercial wormy compost units which make manure with help of tapeworm. Tapeworms are friend of farmers which are killed by the use of fertilizers. One family is making a kalian pey which is alternating of tea .There was an industry of making plates from leaves.,3-4 motor rewinding industries,8-10 groups of 10-15 women who make paper bidi like thing in the village. Villagers started commercial crop of teak tree which show their foresight. There are 200 farms of vegetables and 3 families are engaged in tin-smithy work. One family is doing the business of DJ sound system. So actually they are developing all kind of cottage industry.
The level of education the village are quite high. More than 90 percent population are educated. There are 6 schools and 3 anganwadis over a population of 6000.The peculiar thing is that most of villages are able to communicate in Sanskrit. Everyone at least tell their name in Sanskrit. There is one girl ,daughter of a carpenter ,has done master degree in Sanskrit and is able to talk in Sanskrit fluently.
Actually most of thing is motivated by the thinking of RSS. But they are not trying to poisoning the society by community division. Actually the Muslims are also living happily and with love with the rest of society. They are also preserving their thoughts.
One peculiar thing the villagers are not seeing the mouth of government for help but they are applying all government plans and try to develop the village with operation. Almost every family have extension one power point toward outside so that roads get light.
Finally we returned from the village in the evening. Camp terminates at Careli the nearest railway station .From where some gone to their home and some returned to IIT.
Village trip has been ended but the thought process has started. One should not leave hope. One should be honest and committed to the society. Only then one will be happy.
Watching and observing the wretched condition of India tells us that westernization couldn’t help much to India. But one has to revive old ideas ant have to apply them in modern ways. One fact is that one should think much the revival ,purification of society rather than preaching and abusing the governments. If society becomes conscious then it itself will generate good governmence. Ambitious is good thing but being content is much better. One should rise in life by honesty then only a country will possess a society ,in which every person will get good quality of requirements for living happier life. One should always remember that one can’t be happy until there is happy surrounding.
I want to suggest all guys that never loose hope and be ready to come in ground for the uplift of the society .
JAY HIND………..
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