Ground Report

INDIA’S HEART is in its villages and 60% of the Indians live in villages. But according to Nanaji Deshmukh, "It is an ulti duniya (it is a world upside down) that we are creating. In reality, India’s wealth, both in terms of people and natural resources, is in her villages. But the government is ignoring that. It is developing only cities and promoting consumerism. Disgusted with politicians, I decided to use young people to see what could be done in villages.” True to his word, nonagenarian Nanaji Deshmukh, a few years short of an eventful century, quit politics formally in 1978. But he has gone on to virtually build an empire under the aegis of the Deendayal Research Institute.

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