I always said that to get India stronger, first strengthen its roots, and all our roots are our country's interiors, rural areas, and villages.
Through Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, we want to give impetus to Demand driven development model instead of Supply driven development model. Let the villages say what has to be done, and what not.
We need to assume that aspirations of people in villages are nothing less than the aspirations of people in the cities. They need a change in their lifestyle.
When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope.
Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call "homegrown solutions." The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.
If we want Swaraj to be built on non-violence, we will have to give the villages their proper place.
When I work in the remotest villages, it reminds me of who I am... India is not built on 14 metros and 100 cities. It's made up of 600,000 villages.
Every village should celebrate its birthday & it will end the poison of casteism... and once casteism ends, see how the strength of villages increase!
The message of khaddar can penetrate to the remotest villages if we only will that it shall be so.
If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.
