Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India November 1925

While it is the duty of the politicians to devise the best means of pressing these upon the attention of the government and induce them to move in the matter in right earnest we shall simply attempt to indicate a few of the many directions in which social workers can help to arrest the decay of our villages. [...] The sooner the poor people are brought within the reach of the co-operative societies the smoother will be the paths of the social workers in the villages. [...] Absolute authority of the father in the selection of the hriplCgroom for his daughter or of the bride for his son Came into practice in the process of time ; and the free-"500 PRABUDDHA BHARATA. dom of boys and girls in the selection of their mates was checked later on. [...] Similarly6 with reference to the skin the ear the eye the tongue the nose and the mind etc. [...] For example the skin has got touch and air ; the ear sound and the quarters ; the tongue taste and Varuna ; the nose smell and the Aswins ; Chills object of recognition and Vasudeva ; Manas object of cogitation and the moon ; Buddhi object of determination and Brahma ; and Egoism object of identification and Rudra.] (To be continued.) THE SUMMER YOGA CLASS AT THE SHANTI ASHRAMA.