“Our approach to rural development
should not aim at only materialistic
development. This type of approach
on the part of government agencies
and various social organisations has
made even the deprived people
paravalambi (dependant on others) by
concentrating only at their materialistic
development. They failed to involve
them in their activities resulting
in these people not realising the need
to achieve self-reliance. Therefore,
the feeling of self-respect that we can
solve our problems ourselves and will
not unfold our hands before others
has to be infused into them. The work
of rural development has one more
dimension. All their hidden talents,
qualities and habit of hard work will
resurface only when they are motivated
as per the traditional Hindu
values of life.”
— Ma H.V. Seshadri
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