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How has technology changed village life?

To what extent has  the caste system chaged?

What social changes are taking place in india?

Vocabulary    cottage industry, infant mortality
 

In some ways, many Indian villages have changed little. Only about half have electricity, and few have running water. Clothing is traditional, and women wearing colorful saris walk along dirt paths carrying water jugs on their heads.

villages have also kept their traditional economies. Farmers still plant crops by hand and guide ox-drawn plows through their fields. People produce handmade goods such as clothing, ivory carvings, and brass jugs in cottage industries, or small businesses run from the home.

Technology and change. still, life is changing rapidly. as you have you have already read, the green revolution has improvedharvests in some areas. a growing number of villages have electricity, clinics, schools, and telephones. some villagers buy factory-made goods, and a few can afford tractors.

roads, buses, movies, and television have put villagers in touch with a wider world. today, radar dishes are dotting india.at nght villagers gather at the television set to watch the news.