What is life like in an indian village?

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Smile!

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.

=)

mind your own business

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.

svm777

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

indorian

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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vakayil k

Very peaceful and comfortable.

age_of_brains

you would love it

d_1167

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

kiran k

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.

niss

the answer to this i can give u very simply after living in us and india that every thing you compromise , whihc are the essentials in US or in india like water, sanitation and electricty and u speak the village lingo inadvertently in afew years or mix few words atleast of what they say and give heir adages when talking :ala edhar ki na udhar ki " kind and basically u spean time in places where the sprawling land is more than confined housing in a congeste region

Rana

good,come here and live, you will see and know.

Zena

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.

harman

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.

bharatbhushannirmal

Life is slow as money flow is slow people have no goals and targets and dont take things seriously because of which they are illiterate also and there is no development.

jessie

I couldnt tell you - Ive never lived in one.

tabulator32

The country or the native American type?

well wisher

Life in village is literally livin like animals,many disadvantages over adnvantages,like no proper schools or education,no proper power supply or water supply,drainage system etc,no respect for woman,early marraige,caste system,no proper food to eat or house to live in,no proper hostipals or vacinations for new borns etc, many more to mention.....its simply horrible thts y many suicide cases r arisin in villages now a days.

call the owls

you mean an indian reservation? pretty much poverty, gambling, and selling illegal fireworks to tourists. I feel bad

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