Two Sides of a Coin
I feel I have been fortunate enough to see and experience by living with both the negative and positive aspects of both sides of the coin. The coin here signifies “Life” And both of its sides are heads and tails denoting “Rural and city life” Respectively. Undoubtedly in today’s time technology has enslaved us in every sphere of our life, it may be rural area or urban area.
Every day government of every country is trying to bring dynamic changes to urbanize the rural areas in every aspect so that the whole nation can progress towards a better and advanced future. The day isn’t very far when we would witness every rural area equivalent to cities. There have been detailed researches , discussions and strategies made every now and then related to the development of rural areas even then I feel rural and city life has carved a niche for each one of them since ancient times which has a fine life of good and bad differences. Countable disparities created by humans for their own convenience have led to the origin of the term city and rural life.
We are homo sapiens who can withstand any condition to survive therefore it is quite ironic to see that human evolution in its path has started losing the importance of their ancestral roots which belong to the rural life from where we all started. Quite obvious the only reason behind this drastic change is a better life and not contentment in life. Both lifestyles are one of their kind. There is a wide range of factors due to which these different lifestyles overshadow each other in negative and positive ways. I find the saying of ancient greek philosopher plato that “Necessity is the mother of invention” Is very apt when we talk about the concept of human needs. Human started working from the times where everything use to be done manually and have reached a point where people want every task to be completed within a nanosecond. Inventions have led to an easy life.
This is the reason why city life has received a boost in its preference over the past few decades and its effect can be seen as the people living in rural areas have been provoked for a comfortable life like the people in cities and as a result they are moving to towns and cities for a better life which is a very good thing. More awareness and development has surely been witnessed in the past years. Rural areas definitely have their own charm but when it comes to living there without any second thought there a lot of problems which the people face in their day to day life as compared to people living in cities.
People residing in cites have a much more fast and meticulous life. They are highly organized and there life is highly influenced by the technology. The key component of city life is better lifestyle which covers health and medical facilities, basic education, hygiene, basic amenities of life such as food , clothes, house, electricity, transportation, awareness of each and every right as citizen, law and order, exposure to new changes occurring every now and then and many more.
People in rural areas are considerably orthodox and are less open to changes in lifestyle whereas their counterparts are much more open minded and are willing to live a life out of the box. The paramount difference is of the educated population found in these two areas which shows us why there is utter difference in the awareness level between the two sides of the coin.
In rural areas there are insufficient schools and the ones which are providing education are deficient in terms of teachers, modern teaching aids, infrastructure, educational outings and overall development activities. Primary occupation is farming, pottery, weaving ,domesticating animals resulting in average economic conditions due to which people are hesitant in investing money on education of their children.
Due to improper education and awareness people are misguided leaving them behind as compared to the highly qualified people living in cities. Along with this gender, cast, race discrimination and superstitious believes are prevalent even in the present times. The judicial system is not appropriate and they have to go to cities for any kind of legal help. Water and electricity facilities are not good enough to meet the irrigation and daily life requirements. In addition to this transportation facilities also lack quality.
Consequentially people are moving out of the villages to cities and abroad to overcome the financial and educational barriers leading them to financially sound and better life. Many people have provided financial aid in the development of several villages which has attributed tremendous improvement in health,education and many other sectors.furthermore, despite all the hurdles people of rural areas face they are fighting with all the circumstances and are trying to be a part of the changing world and have a high sense of contentment and are much more spiritual in comparison to urban dwellers as they are living in the lap of nature and to a considerable extent they are still away from a sedentary lifestyle.
This is the reason they are much more healthier due to the muscular effort they require in the daily work they do which is very essential rather than earning any sort of luxury in life which costs us our health.on the contrary people residing in cities enjoy several times better way of living. People are engulfed in all sorts of activities such as gaming zones, various kinds of sports, multi storey malls, parks, music and many more entertainment facilities.
Educational facilities are commendable and focus is mainly on education and then leading a better life. Yet people are facing the crisis of lesser job opportunities which has led to increased crime rates as compared to rural areas. Everything is easily accessible due to hike in e-commerce and globalization over the decades. Judicial system is quite effective and active as compared to rural areas .technology has captured people in its web leaving them dependent on gadgets, machines reducing manual work and making them potato couches.
People stay busy in the hustle bustle of life meeting their aims of being financial sound and give less importance to health and family values. Children have shifted to playing games on computers, mobile phones and studying under strict schedules .transportation is available at ease. Since the muscular work has dropped down to zero people are facing a lot of health issues. All sorts of health facility is available. People are highly occupied and barely give time to themselves and are less attentive towards family life. Both lifestyles have their own pros and cons. It is crucial to live a balanced and peaceful life no matter how much we have progressed with whatever resources we are blessed which maybe man-made or natural.
