Interview number: 238

Interviewer: Gandhi, Arun

Interview date: 1970-01-25

Length 40 minutes

Condition notes: Occasional high background noise.

Y. Parekh, social worker, talks of education, the way of life in the Koraput and Surat districts, and measures being taken to improve the quality of life there.

Coverage notes: tribal villages; Brahmins; Rashtra Seva Dal; education; Bajaj Wadi, Wardha; Shardagram, Mangrol, Junagardh; Gramdan, Koraput; Vinoba [Bhave]; Ambar Charkha; Surat; Gram Seva Samaj, Vyara; tribal population; illiteracy; agriculture; way of life; Nai Talim; hill millet; Orissa; Sarva Seva Sangh; Swiss Aid, Australian Aid; Forest Labourers’ Cooperatives; Surat; post-basic education; Service Civil International Camp; Panchur; 1942-1970