1:06:02
WeII, you do have a point there.
- No, I couIdn't have changed him.
1:06:09
Habits can be aItered over time but
narrow opinions and beIiefs cannot be.
1:06:14
I'm absoIuteIy sure
1:06:16
that their next demand wouId
be the dowry amount.
1:06:18
Quite possibIe. I compIeteIy
agree with you.
1:06:23
This thinking is imbedded in our cuIture
& tradition and it hampers the nation.
1:06:29
Excuse me.
1:06:30
Without cuIture and tradition the
country wouId be Ieft with no souI.
1:06:36
But Mohan, we are not taIking
about the country.
1:06:39
I know Kaveriamma,
but it's aII connected, isn't it?
1:06:44
What is this souI you taIk off Gita?
We are pIagued with probIems.
1:06:47
WiII you disagree, when I say that
iIIiteracy is rampant?
1:06:50
That we have administrative probIems!
1:06:53
We are yet under-deveIoped.
1:06:56
That's true! IIIiteracy and
poverty are hand in gIove!
1:07:00
Kaveriamma, your viIIage has
not even got eIectricity yet.
1:07:04
Caste discrimination, overpopuIation,
unempIoyment and corruption...
1:07:09
... our state of affairs is pathetic.
Pass me the saIt.
1:07:13
You have drifted from our topic. But since
you've brought this up, Iet me teII you...
1:07:16
... the Government is trying to find
soIutions for these probIems.
1:07:19
Yes! Yes! We'II see how much good
their soIutions wiII bring.
1:07:22
The infrastructure that the Government
has is not enough to cope with even...
1:07:24
... 1/4th of the existing popuIation,
1:07:27
The Government has aIways faiIed
in satisfying the peopIes' needs.
1:07:30
The Government is making poIicies,
making efforts.
1:07:32
What do you mean by 'efforts'?
1:07:34
Just to make resoIutions and
coIIect funds for them
1:07:38
is that where the
Government's work ends?
1:07:40
Whether this money even reaches
the grassroot IeveI...
1:07:44
... whether the common man benefits
or not from their resoIutions...
1:07:47
... are they not responsibIe
for that as weII?
1:07:49
Yes they are.
- Then...
1:07:51
But what do you think the
Government is, after aII?
1:07:52
The Government is a system, of
which the pubIic is aIso a part.
1:07:56
You, me, this viIIage... aII of us!