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Look again at the statement that you believed to be true about rural and urban life in India. Do you have a prejudice against rural or urban people? Find out if this is shared by others and discuss the reasons why people have these prejudices.

Answer:

On Rural People: (a) More than 50% of all Indians, live in villages. It is not a prejudice but the. government has given approximate figures which show that more than 50% of all Indians live in the villages.   (b) Villagers do not care about their health. They are full of superstition. Now a days villagers care about their health and go to the health centries, if they are sick.   (c) In peak harvesting and plantation seasons, families spend 12 to 14 hours working in the fields. It is true and not a prejudice.   (d) Villagers are dirty and not hygienic. It is not a prejudice. It is true because most of the villagers work in the fields from morning to till evening and get dirty. They are not dirty but the kind of work that they do make them dirty.   On Urban People: (c) Living in a city is expensive. A large part of people's earnings is spent on rent and transport.  It is true that people have to rent a house and also they travel long distances to reach their place of work.