Stay Home Stay Empowered: Self-sufficient village can save us from Corona, know what sociologists say

New Delhi, Vineet Sharan. Sociologists around the world are calling the virus a threat to urbanization. American author Michael Kimelman has called this virus even anti-urban. However, he has also insisted on fighting it, as it is against the natural process and nature of human to human association. He believes that modern science and society has given us so much strength that we can fight with the biggest difficulties.

At the same time, JNU Assistant Professor GS Meena says that Corona has shown a mirror to the world’s development model. The world has chosen industrialization, modernism and urbanization. Whereas leaders like Mahatma Gandhi have been in favor of Gram Swaraj.

The power and problems of urbanization

According to sociologists, increasing congestion in cities is a major problem of urbanization. Although the cities of Europe are less crowded, they too could not escape from Corona. That is why the idea of ​​turning to villages in Europe is underway. In the last several years, international environmental conferences have also raised talk of reducing urbanization and promoting villages. Cities have autism and person-centered arrangements. The capitalist system of cities emphasizes profits. Although, they believe that capitalism and urbanization benefit, the gap between rich and poor in the cities has also increased. The state’s welfare schemes have reduced. At the same time, according to Michael, today we have social media, digital penetration and remote technology. We had long ago learned to live in our phones and virtual worlds by creating social distance. But after Corona, we have to find another way, so that we can improve urban life.

Village economy self-sufficient

According to GS Meena, the economy of the village is self-sufficient. Even if the contact of the village is cut for a few months to a nearby village or city, there is no significant difference in life there. According to GS Meena, we have to think why the laborers are returning to the village during the Corona period. The reason is that people in the village are involved in each other’s happiness and sorrow. Food and work are available. It is not that villages are untouched by the problem. The standard of living in the village is not good. Nevertheless, old wrong practices like bonded system and forced labor have come down in the village. At the same time, the government’s strong access to the village has weakened the system of exploitation. The thinking of hierarchy and hierarchy has also reduced in the village.

Rural-tribal model

According to GS Meena, we can adopt a mixed model of rural-tribal life for survival and development from Corona. We learn to protect nature from tribal life. At the same time, the village teaches us to be self-sufficient. We can also include the merits of cities in it.

Corona spread differently

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Until now, most of the diseases used to spread to poor sections of the society. It is said that the poor do not live in clean places and do not live cleanly, that is why diseases spread. But corona is a disease that has come down from the top.