Just
a week ago, I had the opportunity to visit a rural village near Trichy, Tamil
Nadu to assist with the pilot of an upcoming study that CMF is conducting with Access Development Services (Delhi). It
was a great opportunity to put theory into practice and, in comparison to the
hustle, bustle and smog of Chennai, Trichy was (literally) a breath of fresh
air.
Of course, being a complete urbanite, I had never visited a village - much less an Indian one - before and I was not sure what to expect. But what I found was that the village was much more sanitized and advanced than I had imagined. In particular, there was a pervasive laid-back vibe in the village that made the trip very enjoyable.
That aside, and even though our pilot sample was extremely small (we only interviewed 4-5 households), I made two interesting observations:
Of course, being a complete urbanite, I had never visited a village - much less an Indian one - before and I was not sure what to expect. But what I found was that the village was much more sanitized and advanced than I had imagined. In particular, there was a pervasive laid-back vibe in the village that made the trip very enjoyable.
That aside, and even though our pilot sample was extremely small (we only interviewed 4-5 households), I made two interesting observations: