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प्रश्न
What kind of progress would you like to see in your area?
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उत्तर
I would like to see the following progress in my area:
(a) Better roads
(b) All around cleanliness with no overflowing drain
(c) A good public transport system
(d) A big park and playground where children can play and others can do some recreation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you eaten roti made from bajra or jowar? Did you like these?
In your house what is done to protect grains and pulses from insects?
Damjibhai’s son Hasmukh chose to become a farmer like his father. Hasmukh’s son Paresh is not a farmer, but a truck driver. Why would he have done so?
Have there been any changes near your area, which may be difficult to call ‘progress’? What changes are these? What are the different opinions about them?
What questions come to your mind about farmers and farming? Write some questions in your group and ask a farmer. For example, how many crops do they grow in a year? Which crop needs how much water?
Visit a farm near your area. Observe and talk to the people there. Write a report.
What can you see in each picture on the next page?
In picture 2 you can see the bajra cobs in the mortar (okhli, used for crushing). The cobs are crushed with a pestle (moosli) and the seeds are separated from the cob. You can see the separated seeds in picture 3. Now this work is also done by big machines, like threshers. We call both these different ‘technologies’ – using our hands or big machines – to crush the seeds.
What technology could have been used to cut the stem in picture 1? What do you think is being done in the grinder (chakki ) in picture 4? What ways (technologies) would have been used to do the work shown in pictures 5 and 6? You can see that the dough is ready in picture 6. When do you think a sieve (chhalni ) would have been used? Discuss each step in detail, in any language you wish to use.

There have been many changes over time, in our food. What can this mean? Use the seed story and what you know from your elders to explain.
What do you think is being done in the grinder (chakki) in picture 4?
What ways (technologies) would have been used to do the work shown in pictures 5 and 6? You can see that the dough is ready in picture 6. When do you think a sieve (chhalni) would have been used? Discuss each step in detail, in any language you wish to use.
