Old Village System of India

 As progressive as our metropolitan cities may be, and as dedicated to the chronicling of urban culture as we are, no one can deny that the heart and soul of India lives in her villages. While bigger cities remain as malcontent as ever, constantly struggling for a better life, continually moving towards a westernised existence, the rush to nowhere rarely touches these rural pockets and it’s this that makes them utterly unique. We’re prone to overlooking them as impoverished zones in an otherwise developed country, hereby labelling them unimportant, but recognising the psycho graphics of rural culture in all its old world charm is one of our only links left while attempting to capture the essence of Indian culture.

"The soul of India lives in its villages," declared M. K. Gandhi at the beginning of 20th century. According to the 2011 census of India, 68.84% of Indians (around 833.1 million people) live in 640,867 different villages. The size of these villages varies considerably. 236,004 Indian villages have a population of fewer than 500, while 3,976 villages have a population of 10,000+. Most of the villages have their own temple, mosque, or church, depending on the local religious following.

Few Old memories :