Abstract

South Indian village life is noted for its simplicity and unruffled nature. Changes of Governors or Viceroys, a civil war in Afghanistan, or even flood havoc in other parts of the country, do not have any effect on the calm atmosphere of the village. The old routine is followed in its never changing rigidity and sequ- ence. The wants are few, necessities little, and the village. folk are never in a perturbed or busy state over anything except the problems affecting their own time-honoured cus- toms or regulations. The arrival of a Government official in the village is an event of some importance and except for this and festival days when the village deity may be propitiated, the primitive calm and serenity of the village is rarely disturbed.

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