Handwritten letter from BP Swami, Nagour Zila Sarvodaya Mandal, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn

Scope and Content

Discusses Barbara's interest in Gramdan villages; a visit by Sudarshan Kumar Kapoor to the village of Pitholavo; famine relief work in the village of Shrikrishnapura, funded by War on Want; attempts to establish village assemblies [gram sabha] and transform all villages in the district to the Gramdan model before 1969. Includes a message from villagers and children in Shrikrishnapura, describing developments, including spinning cloth, creating a village shop and the problem of clean water