Rural India - Happiness

When did you last visit a village in India? In any part or state of India ?

What was your experience and observations?

Were the villagers happy and contented?

Ghumakkad says 'Rural India is real happiness'.

While visiting the Pench Tiger Reserve in southern MP, we walked around the villages nearby. Although the economic levels may be low, yet the villagers, children, cattle and cleanliness were all admirable. There was no litter on the village lanes unlike the city streets and roads. Pench has plenty of resorts to cater for the tourists. All these resorts are clean and dispose off their garbage in a responsible manner. The village panchayat (lowest governing body in rural India) ensures cleanliness. A village panchayat has constructed a link road around a lake which is now a tourist attraction. This village panchayat gets it's revenue from all the resorts located around Pench Tiger Reserve. Construction of the link road generated employment for local population. See the pictures below.

See the short video below of the children enjoying playing and learning together.

Here is a short video panorama of Kohka lake. Being cloudy morning, the video is not as sharp.

We are sharing below our earlier stories on rural India and rural wisdom observed by us from time to time.

Bodo Village- Living With Nature - The picture story shows village huts and folk dance of a village in Asom (aka Assam)

Rural Jugaad - Shows how a sugarcane juice vendor on the street improvises!

Innovation and Rural Wisdom - This picture story brings you examples of rural wisdom in constructing the village huts using local material. It also chronicles an innovation to make the train journey for babies and their parents comfortable.

Kudos to our rural folk who preserve the environment successfully. May their tribe increase and prosper.

Thanks for browsing. Do share your experiences of rural India. Hope you find rural India a happier place as Ghumakkad does!

    - Harsh-the Ghumakkad/ Pench, Madhya Pradesh India/ 21st Jan 2024

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Train Companion of a Different Kind

Why do we love train journeys?

Meeting people.                              

Seeing the countryside.

Crossing the rivers with a dhikak-dhikak cyclic sound on the bridge.

Soaking in the greenery of cultivated fields.

Relishing the garam-chai with authentic snacks.

Eat-sleep-eat-sleep and-repeat cycle! Endlessly.

What else?

You also meet a cute puppy. Yes in the train. So tiny that it fits into your palm.

This morning Ghumakkad had a co-traveller named Jo. After seeing his picture, Ankush asked “Who is smaller- Jo or his name?”

See the pictures and the video where Jo is playing with his elder brother- a soft toy.

 

Joe and his stuffed toy! Enjoy the video shot in the train. 

What does Jo eat? He loves Mother Dairy's curd! See the picture below.

Elfo, our Cairn Terrier when he was ferried in Neeta’s palm in a flight from Bangalore to Delhi in 2001. Elfo lived a full life before leaving us in 2016. You may read Elfo’s story below:

Who will nudge me now?

Pets give us such joy. Unconditional, selfless and bountiful.

Thanks for browsing.

-            Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ Rajdhani Express/ India/ 18^th Jan 2024

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