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Woe the people
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2005
"Independence must begin at the bottom. Thus every village has to be self-sustained and capable of managing its affairs". The whole troubled question of rural employment and migration, discussed substantially by Mahatma Gandhi, is yet to be resolved or addressed meaningfully by successive governments.
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