13. Agra - Kacchpura Village
Kacchpura village Kachhpura provides an insight into the local culture and rural life of the region. It gives a good idea of the traditional lifestyle of the villagers and our guide was from the village with a passion for change - a lot of which he has already brought about. It is always difficult to get the balance between showing a working village to tourists, raising much needed revenue, without those living there feeling like curiosities in a zoo/museum. I think that perhaps it only works because of the people involved in running it ... but it is so important to see the "real" India as well as the Taj and on a flying visit I think this is perhaps the only way of doing so. This is a Community Development work - a centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) - an NGO has built sustainable livelihoods for youth and women from low income settlements and improved their living environments through providing infrastructure services and integration within the...