The underdeveloped me
Travelling and living in rural India are always educational. The last blog I wrote about such a journey was a year ago. You can read that here . This time was different! Most of my conversations were with the “Literate” and “Developed” who had moved to the location to serve the illiterate and undeveloped community. However, after a couple of hours of conversation, I was confused about our terminologies and understanding. It was clear that the villagers were illiterate, except for the young generation attending English-medium schools. One of my friends said that people in these villages are 50 years behind other rural communities in India. I took this at face value. But the conversations that followed were revealing. The illiterate, undeveloped communities had three things which we, the developed and literate, have longed for! One – Community with clarity. I heard about how the whole village works together in the fields. How families help each other to plant and harve...