India is a country of many diversities. We speak different languages, have various types of food, celebrate different festivals, practise different religions. Different religious and cultural backgrounds are an aspect of diversity.

Sometimes when we meet people who are very different from us we may find them strange and unfamiliar. Prejudice means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior.

Every country needs a government to make decisions and get things done. The government works at different levels: at the local level, at the level of the state and at the national level.

The Gram Panchayat meets regularly and one of its main tasks is to implement development programmes for all villages that come under it.

Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of the Patwari. Each Patwari is responsible for a group of villages. The Patwari maintains and updates the records of the village.

Big cities have a Municipal Corporation. In smaller towns it is called a Municipal Council.

Nearly two-fifth of all rural families are agricultural labourers in our country. Not being able to earn money throughout the year forces people in many rural areas to travel long distances in search of work. This travel, or migration, takes place during particular seasons.

A large number of people in the city work on the streets. There are almost one crore street vendors in the country working in urban areas.