The country has changed, life has changed.
That change has also affected the rural life.
What Ajpara Gaon meant in the seventies is hard to find now.
Villages in remote, inaccessible areas are now connected to the city by paved roads.
In the village where even the cup lamp did not light because of the lack of essential oil in all the houses.
Now there is either rural electricity or solar electricity.
Villages where calls, letters, telegrams and money orders used to take a long time to reach, now have the opportunity to receive money from their loved ones instantly through the development of mobile phone coverage.
Not only hadudu, naukabaich, the village boy now has all the news of world cricket, he also knows the news of La Liga's Barcelona vs Real Madrid match.
Many houses in the village now have dish line connections.
Due to which they are regular viewers of Indian Hindi Bengali popular TV serials.
Changes have occurred in rural infrastructure, availability of food, means of living, communication, education and health.
A tin house has replaced the hut.
Almost every house has sanitary toilet facilities.
Epidemics have departed like cholera spring.
Where earlier there was no alternative to go anywhere other than walking or boating, now the people of the village ride in heavy motorized vehicles.
Most of them are not willing to spoil their lives by marrying girls at a young age
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