Indian Peasants: Thirty Years of Rural Reconstruction

It is very rare that students of administration-either theoretical or practical-have an opportunity to review the development of a successful venture in changing the conditions of social life. Consequently, an experience of thirty years' evolution of practical and successful methods in rural rehabilitation in southern India is very much worth examining. The present article attempts to summarize that experience and distill from it the lessons it can teach to others concerned elsewhere with rural custom, agricultural poverty, and practical administration.