Essay Village life “God made the country and men made the town”

Village life

“God made the country and men made the town”

“A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a  town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.” In the villages, family houses cluster tightly together along narrow alleys, sharing a tank or shallow pond for washing clothes and for watering vegetables and livestock. House walls are mostly built of mud, and they rise to meet thatched roofs. A typical home may have a few pieces of simple furniture with straw mats covering the bare earth floor. Most of the villagers live in same-styled, mud houses and cooperate with each other in daily life. The extended family is more customary in villages.

Village life is the happiest compromise between the natural and the artificial. It is a merry game

between man and nature. Hence, village life is the most natural life for the human beings.

The village is panorama of the charming scenes o+f nature. The scenery of the changing seasons has a profound effect on the village life. It brings a divine touch into human mind. The village

 life is full of divine beauty.

“Whether you live in the Village or not people love this neighbourhood.

They feel a part of it, they feel connected to it; that’s one of the things that make it so great.”

Village life is plain and simple. Villagers are content with the necessities of life. They have no liking for luxury. They manage with a few pieces of clothes. They prefer the plain food.

Villagers are mostly field-workers. They take to farming. Some of them are artisans. All of them follow the trade of their respective castes. They take to different callings of life. They are not rich and wealthy. But they have enough for their minimum requirements of life. The village people take part in fairs and festivals. The celebrations are quite plain and simple. They attend the folk dance and the open air dramas. But the aged of them do not attend the functions. They are happy with their house and harvest. Caste-customs are rigidly followed.

Health and Education facilities are not there. There are no good schools, colleges and hospitals. Most of the villagers have no incite to make progress. Consequently, the village life has gone rusty, Evils of ignorance and blind faith have crept in. Un-Education and epidemics are rampant.  Now, it is our duty to find out remedy to this state of affairs. Mass education and public health are the primary conditions for the improvement of the village life.

                                                                                    To conclude country life is sweet and true. The greatest of the poets have sung the praise of it but the government must pay heed to problems of village life and should take steps to increase the standard of village life. The more the villagers are linked with the city through modes of transport and communication, the faster will be the urban influence on the rural life. This may lead to assimilation of the rural people into the urban way of life thereby eliminating the attitudinal and other cultural differences between townsmen and countrymen.