A passage to India

Viewpoints

1.        Look up the words “Rural” and “Urban” in a dictionary and find out what they mean.

Rural: living in the country.

Urban: living in a city.

2.      What are the difference between rural and urban areas in Norway? In India?

The majority of the population lives in/around the major cities in Norway, in urban areas. However, Norway has a small population (under 5million) so even the "major" cities are small on a global level.

Nearly 70% of India’s population lives in rural areas where, for the first time since independence, the overall growth rate of population has sharply declined, according to the latest Census.

3.      “If everyone in the world consumed as much as people in industrialized countries do, we would need eight (!) planets as big as the earth to meet their demands” Comment on this statement.

We produce a lot of things these days and throw away a really big amount of food and garbage. If the whole world did this, it would be too much garbage to deal with.  

4.      Some people in Europe and America have changed their way of life to “simple living” in eco-villages or small farms in rural areas. The basic idea is to go back to nature, produce your own food, share and live in closely-knit communities. Can you think of reasons why people choose this way of life?

I think they choose it because they for example do not like the pollution and damage the factories creates.