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प्रश्न
If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?
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उत्तर
If I go to a village, I will find Water-thirsty lands and their owners' longing for rain. I will also. find some farmers trying to coax their borewell owners to provide the necessary water for their little vegetable garden to help them eke out a living. I will also find young children getting ready to go to school. There would be hens busy searching for their breakfast or chanticleers announcing their supremacy on the roof-tops.
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