Happy Birthday

Better Villages for a better world. 

 On 28th April, 2020, we celebrated the 99th birthday of Prof. Michael Anthony Windey SJ. The Professor and his Village Reconstruction Organization has been phenomenal in the reconstruction of Gangapatnam village after the horrendous cyclone of 1969. 

Thank you Professor for adopting our Mahatma Gandhi's "Sarvodaya" concept and his vision for village development. Though years are going by, you are in our heart. A blessed memory. 

Village Tourism

Looking forward, optimistically, the Corona free states and those  which have shown considerable efficiency in their health system may see a rise in tourism from a stand still situation.  No doubt, inbound and outbound tourism is not going to revive with visa controls and air travel restrictions still on, there could be a possible increase in tourism with a particular demand for village and experience oriented tours. With the summer holidays coming, people who are weary after the lock down might want to travel, if the tourism stake holders can woo them to less crowded destinations unlike beaches. 

Social distancing, staying in quarentine have taught all of us a good lesson and chances are local travellers may find experiential tourism a much needed break from the numbness of staying home for so long. 

To attract visitors every suitable localities have to upload short videos on folklores, art forms, cuisines etc on social media and related websites. For that, ofcourse, the local villagers have to be trained on how to make videos and record audios with their phones and how to add sub-titles. 

The government employees who claim the leave travel allowance for the holidays, if they choose, could add some hope and light to tourism villages whose dreams are already shattered