CATEGORIES OF PERSONS

CATEGORIES OF PERSONS Developmental Goals / Aspirations More days of work and better wages; local school is able to provide quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination and they too can become leaders in the village. Assured a high family income through higher support prices for their crops and through hardworking and cheap labourers; they should be able to settle their children abroad. She gets as much freedom as her brother and is able to decide what she wants to do in life. She is able to pursue her studies abroad. YOU WANT A CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR ? THE WAY OUR COUNTRY IS SET UP ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS MAY BE TO ONE DAY OWN THE RICKSHAW YOU PULL! which are conflicting. A girl expects as much freedom and opportunity as her brother, and that he also shares in the household work. Her brother may not like this. Similarly, to get more electricity, industrialists may want more dams. But this may submerge the land and disrupt the lives of people who are displaced – such as tribals. They might resent this and may prefer small check dams or tanks to irrigate their land. So, two things are quite clear: one, different persons can have different developmental goals and two , what may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may even be destructive for the other. A demonstration meeting against raising the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River