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A foreigner, Mr. Wesley is visiting the village of Shahpur in India to observe the lifestyle of people in rural India
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| Welcome, sir. What brings you to this village? I must show you around. | |
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| What are the ways of supplementing your income. Do you go to the cities and find work there during the drought? Or take part time jobs alongside the farm activities? | |
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The vilager tells Mr. Wesley about the various non farm activities to increase his income.
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| Especially when there isn't sufficient crop to support our families.We have to find ways of supplementing our income. | |
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| Usually he comes over to the villages' dairy industry and helps the cleaning, feeding, rearing the bulls and cows here. | |
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Mr. Wesley is impressed with the villager.
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| I also engage in bee keeping which provides an opportunity to develop in off farm livelihood. My wife also goes to the handicraft industry. They make straw baskets and clothe material to be exporte | |
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| I see. I am fascinated and impressed at the rapid rate at which India's rural economy is rising. | |
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