WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROMISES — DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT GOALS

WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROMISES — DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT GOALS

Let us try to imagine what development or progress is likely to mean to different persons listed in Table 1.1.

What are their aspirations?

You will find that some columns are partially filled.

Try to complete the table.

You can also add any other category of persons.

Having filled Table 1.1, let us now examine it.

Do all of these persons have the same notion of development or progress?

Most likely not.

Each one of them seeks ……………………………..

They seek things that are ………………………………., i.e., that which can ……………………………………………..

In fact, at times, two persons or groups of persons may seek things which are …………………………….

A girl expects as much ………………………………………. as her brother, and that he also shares in the household work.

Her brother may not like this.

Similarly, to get more electricity, industrialists may want ……………………………..

But this may ……………………………………………………………… who are displaced – such as tribals.

They might resent this and may prefer ………………………………………….. to irrigate their land.

So, two things are quite clear: one, ………………………………………………………….. and two, ……………………………………………………………….

It may even be …………………… for the other.