Away from city dwellings.
We are closer to nature in villages. Less artificial and more natural. The breeze of the morning, the chirping of birds in the surroundings, and bright stars over our heads in the night make waking times more beautiful. Moving clouds, organic vegetables, the milking of buffaloes, grasses on the footpath, free from the noise of vehicles, pollution-free air, informal meetings with old people, talk of basic needs, and the cohesion of extended families create completely different rhythms of the days.
Life in villages is more entertaining for students, professionals, businessmen, and homemakers who get rare opportunities to visit places of origin. Standing crops, non-systemic dwellings, ploughing of lands for next crops, a different cooking style, bushes adjacent to the houses, clusters of bamboos a little away, and pet animals are signs of living in original landscapes.
In fact, every moment in the villages adds something to our knowledge and conditioning. It is a mix of comforts and discomforts, but certainly in contrast to monotonous living styles at developed centres. Pros and cons exist in all living conditions. But in villages, many things are manageable. In recent times, people in the villages have found it hard to face a hot summer because of missing orchards, a lack of attention to horticulture, and shrinking open spaces.
Polluted surroundings are our own creation. Kitchen wastes are easily converted into compost, but recycling unusable materials into other useful items is almost absent. It is sheer laziness. Plants that convert polluted air into fresh air are easily grown, but the majority of people in villages are ignorant about them.
Just moving our eyes from one corner to another produces dopamine (the happiness hormone) and freshness in villages, which are rarely available in urban settings.
We may do gardening of our choice in vacant spaces in villages, but we allow them to be garbage spots. Discussion on irrelevant topics is a common tendency. The reason is that they are largely dependent on outsiders, even for basic necessities. There is no motivational talk for social and individual skills. Villages are full of opportunities to explore, but people are migrating towards urban centres to ensure steady income for immediate dependents.