write a letter to your younger brother telling him about what in India culture
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My Dear Brother,
It was after a long wait that I received your affectionate letter a few days ago. I am glad to know of your welfare. You have asked me to write to you in detail about the famine conditions that prevailed sometime ago in several parts of India. So according to your wishes, I am here giving you an account of famine and drought conditions that prevailed in the country, more special in Haryana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and western U.P., in August and September and of the relief work that was done. It was the third continuous year of famine and so the hardships of the common man were unprecedented.
The famine that prevailed in the aforesaid States was the result of the failure of rains. As you know, agriculture in India is backward and old fashioned, the Indian farmer mainly depends on rains for irrigation. There are some cannels and tube wells, but they are not all sufficient. The result is that there are good crops only when there are rains at the right time and its sufficient quantity.
But strange are the vagaries of nature. Sometimes, the rains are too late and at other time they are too early. Sometimes, the rain fall is excessive giving rise to floods and destroying the crops of the poor farmers. At other times, there are no rains or only scanty rains. The result is that crops get scorched and drought conditions prevail. This is what happened in the states mentioned above. The rains failed and this resulted in crop failure on a large scale. The food situation becomes acute as a result of the failure of rains. Practically the whole of India become semi-starved. There was also acute scarcity of fodder and drinking water.
Famines and droughts are a great calamity for the common man. The tails of their suffering that appeared in the newspapers were extremely horrifying. Thousands failed to get even one square meal a day. Many lived on grass, on wild roots, and leaves of trees. Houses, utensils and other necessary articles had to be sold to purchase bread. Several starvation deaths were reported. Cattle died in their thousands. People had to trudge several miles to get drinking water.All remember you at home and are eager for your early return.
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Yours affectionately
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