Question

Explain the idea of Gandhiji’s self-sufficient village. Do you think it is possible to realise this idea in India today? Support your arguments with examples.

Answer 1

Gandhi Jee believed that India lives in villages and that the development of the villages will mean the development of India.

Explanation:

• If we are to raise the scope on a bigger scale and consider the world as a unified country and countries as villages, the relevance is clear.
• Today, we live in a global village and, it has indeed become a small place to live in. With stagnation affecting the world like never before, it is time to go back to the drawing board.
• Gandhi witnessed the problems associated with industrialization and modernization.
• Gandhi Jee believed that unless villages are developed and made self-sufficient, it will lead to mass migration, overcrowded cities and the vicious circle of poverty and under-development cannot be extinguished.