Village Life and City Life

Villages are beautiful. Life in villages is serene and peaceful. Though the facilities in villages may be lesser than that in the cities however most of the people living there are far more content and happy.

Village life is a life that is full of fun and activities. Our village is a baby village. From the morning till the evening we all are working in one way or the other. As soon as we get up, we used to have a family prayer. This prayer is mostly initiated by Mom or Dad. Everyone will come for the prayer when they hear the first song sung by Mom. The time of the prayer is 5.30 am. Without any fail, it happens every morning. Then we go to our respective rooms for our study. After the studies, the next thing is to brush the teeth. While doing the brushing, we roam around the surroundings. Then we get ready for the morning tea. Two of us (we are three brothers) have to go for milking the goat. Sometimes mom and dad will do that job. We use goat milk in our home. Then we go to the river for taking bath. While taking bath, we enjoy swimming.

Walking toward the river and swimming also involve physical activity. Then we go to our school. We used to walk to our school. It would take around 35 to 45 minutes. Imagine walking 45 minutes. After school, we walk back home. Then play for around one hour. Then again sometimes we have to help mom in grinding rice and pulses for breakfast. We had a stone manual grinder in our house. Then we would take bath and study or doing our homework till the dinner. Those were the typical activities of a day in our village. In the daytime, we have to do physical work like chopping the wood, bringing water, getting food and drinks for our goats, and other things. Sometimes we go to the river for fishing. Sometimes we have to bring grass for goats from the field.

Indian village life is very exciting and enjoyable, that is why most of the retirement home builders are focusing on villages or semi-urban locations for their projects.

When I started to live in a city after my studies there were many changes happened in my daily life. I got a job in an office. All the physical activities come to cease. Living in a flat or apartment compels me to roam around in two rooms till I get out for my office. Then after reaching office sitting on a chair in front of the desktop, I do office work till evening. Then I return to my apartment and prepare some food and sleep. There is very limited physical activity in city life. For transport, we depend on motor vehicles.

Now physical activities are available only when I visit my village. Nowadays villages also motorized. Mixers and grinders have taken over the traditional stone grinders. Houses are connected with piped water supply. No need to go to the river for taking bath as bathrooms are built inside the house as bath attached bedrooms and connected with pipelines. Just turning the knob is all that you need to do for taking bath. Life becomes mechanical and easy now.

In villages, life is peaceful as there is no noise pollution. Calm and cool atmosphere. Air pollution is also very little. Go to the post office or bank would be the work of a few hours in a village. But in a city, you can do many things in a short time. Traffic is minimum in villages. Accidents are very rare. In the city, you will find many accidents in a day. There are many things to write about village life. Life in a village is more comfortable and relaxed than the city life.

Another important factor is that people maintain a bonding relationship in a village whereas there is no relationship with the person next door in a city.

The bad news is that city life is creeping into the villages slowly. TV, and mobile communication and better transport facilities are making a village like a city. Nowadays people in the villages are occupied with TV and the Internet and have no time to spend with their neighbor. Now people know each other with their user Id or email ID and facebook photos. I fear that the village life becomes an old story for our future generations as most of the facilities of a city are available in villages now.

The time is running fast and technology reached its highest position. We do not know what will happen in the coming 10 years. We cannot predict the future. Technology can lead us to a different position in the coming years.

Crime and theft and immoral life are exceedingly higher now than ten years back. Pollution is high. Relations are broken. Parents do not have control over their children. Many of the children are living with a single parent. There is no place for family life in society. Live as they wish is the custom now.

Life has no meaning or purpose. Mechanical life. Lack of faith in God is growing. What is the reason for these changes? How can we live a purposeful life? How can we find the meaning of our life? Those are the questions remains unanswered.

I am afraid that the village life would become a fantasy story for the next generation as our villages are turned into cities now. What is that which is available in a city is not in a village?

Every facility in a city is available in a village now. Every moment villages are changing. I am feeling sorry for the next generation as they won't be able to see or understand what is a village looks like. Even if they find a village, that would be a much-developed village. They won't find much love and affection in that village. I am sorry for the next generation.