Life in A Big City

It is said that real India lives in villages. It is because more than 70 percent of Indians are ruralites. An English poet, William Cowper, has also said. "God made the countryside and manmade the town." He meant to say that life in a village was more natural as compared to the artificial life of the town.

Still, more and more people prefer to live in towns. Urbanization is going on in India and throughout the world at a very rapid pace. It is perhaps because there is more glamour in the cities. There are more facilities and means of comfort available there. There are schools, colleges, universities, libraries, banks and business concerns, hospitals and dispensaries, hotels and restaurants, museums, art galleries, exhibitions, circus shows, cinema halls, night clubs, literary societies, and whatnot. In fact, there are varied means of getting the desired education, medical aid, and means of entertainment.

However, in many other ways, life in a big city cannot hold ground before life in a village. A great philosopher has said, "A great city is a great dessert.” What he meant to say is true even now. In a big city, people have no interaction except in offices, business transactions, and in clubs. Even close neighbors do not know each other. They live and pass by each other like strangers.

In a big city, there is no natural beauty. The air 15 polluted because of numberless smoke-emitting vehicles and small and big industrial units. There is an acute housing problem. Many people live in slums. The public transport system is scanty. Private transport is very costly. Epidemics spread more rapidly in towns than in villages because of pollution in the air and artificially cleaned water. The town people are weak and ease-loving. The village people are strong because they do more physical work and get more and proper food, water, and air. Also, there is great noise and hustle in a big city. Life is very tiring, as one has to wait long in queues for ration, for milk, for bus, and for many other things.

Still, there is more security in towns. Also, there are more and better avenues of employment. Hence people prefer to settle there.