Changing Patterns of Consumption 2008
Published: Jul 31, 2008
Photo: Prasad
Abstract: The village of Isapur Sarki, home to 140 Hindu families, boasts of painted pucca houses and brick laid roads – a veritable picture of a prosperous Indian village. About 50 per cent of the farmers have a holding size of 5 to 7 acres and between them own about 30 tractors and 22 motorcycles. With no landlessness in the village, the poorer section too is able to afford basic amenities and own cycles and bullock drawn carts for transportation. Yet, they are a dissatisfied lot.
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