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Education will Lead to a Social

Revolution

(Get-together for the Choudhary community, Rajpur,
Vadnagar. January 2, 2005)

Though I haven’t read much about this, I presume that the
Choudhary community would definitely have been blessed
with strong leadership which directed this community towards
cattle-rearing. But then this also brings one’s attention towards
the scarcity of water in north Gujarat where most of the cattle-
bearers are from the Choudhary community.

The leaders of Choudhary community had perhaps
foreseen the requirement of cattle-rearing in their region and
culture. Even though a family has land for their own use, can it
produce enough grain for the family? Cattle-rearing might have
become part of their social obligation during the middle-ages
in order to help fulfil family needs and income. The double
income in the family would thus enable the community not only
to live with dignity, but also to prove their prowess in cattle-
rearing. As a result, cattle-rearing emerged as a huge business,
bigger even than agriculture. The two large dairies that have
come up in Banaskantha and Mehsana are evidence of this.

Bringing Consensus to Villages
Those who do not know the strength of Gujarat attempt to

bring disgrace to it. Gujarat had a program called ‘Tirthgram’,