13. Essay A Village Life (10th/12/2nd Year/BA/B. Sc) by AG Ahmad

 Essay No. 13

--  A VILLAGE LIFE  --

            Village life is the happiest compromise between the natural and the artificial. It is a merry game between man and nature. Hence, village life is the most natural life for the human beings. As it is wisely said,

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be”.

The village is panorama of the charming scenes of nature. The scenery of the changing seasons has a profound effect on the village life. It brings a divine touch into human mind. Hence, the village life is full of divine beauty. As it is rightly said,

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,

our whole life would be a happy one”.

Village life is plain and simple. Villagers are content with the necessities of life. They have no liking for luxury. They manage with a few pieces of clothes. They prefer the plain food. They discharge their social duties in the simplest manner possible. However, this life like all other things has its own merits and demerits and, advantages and disadvantages. As it is wisely said,

“ The first requisite to a man’s happiness is the birth of village.”

Sanitary conditions are hopeless. Dirty water runs everywhere in the lanes and breeds mosquitoes. It is only natural that diseases like influenza, cholera and dysentery kill hundreds of people every year. Since there are no arrangements for any treatments of any kind in villages, there is no possibility of any treatment for any sick in a village. Thus, in villages, people die because there are no medical facilities. As it is wisely said,

“The city has changed a lot since then, but the village has stayed the same”.

Villagers are mostly field-workers. They take to farming. Some of them are artisans. All of them follow the trade of their respective castes. They take to different callings of life. Some are priests, some are milkmen, some are oilmen, some are fishermen, some are washer-men, some are barbers, and some are drummers and so on. They are not rich and wealthy. But they have enough for their minimum requirements of life. As it is wisely said,

“You're an idealist and I pity you as I would be the village idiot”.

The village people take part in fairs and festivals. The celebrations are quite plain and simple. They attend the folk dance and the open air dramas. But the aged people do not attend the functions. They are happy with their house and harvest. As it is wisely said,

“We must always have old memories and young hopes”.

Village life has benefits. The biggest benefit is that there is a lot of peace. There are very less cars because they cannot afford them. Village life is a very simple and peaceful life. You can expect the pure food and vegetables in the village life. As it is rightly said,

“If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village;

if you would know and not be known, live in a city”.

The village people lead the life of plain living and high thinking. They think high, because they think in the terms of God and religion. The village mosque maintains their social and moral issues. The village deity is looked upon with awe and faith. Caste-customs are rigidly followed. As it is wisely said,

“There is in every village a torch- the teacher

and an extinguisher- the clergyman”.

It is said that country life is sweet. It is true no doubt. The greatest of the poets have sung the praise of it. Prophets, too have the greatest admiration for the village life. Great thinkers and philosophers have spent their valuable lives in the countryside. As it is rightly said,

“God made the country and man made city”.