THE TRADITIONAL VILLAGE CULTURE IS FAST DISAPPEARING  I am camping in our native village for 3 days to participate in my 4th puskarams. This is the most hyped and participated puskaram but coming to traditions it is the least practised. Indian villages evolved with farming community and support communities coexist with communal harmony and sustain the complete agrarian system. Purohit, trader, Dobi, barber, cobbler, tailor, Toddy tapper etc used to play supportive role effectively keeping farming community as center of activity. Farmers used to pay most of them in kind (farm produce) and celebrate festivals with offerings to them. Now the situation at least in coastal AP is completely different. Dobi charging around Rs.200/per head/month, so Dobi is being replaced by  washing machines, similarly cobbler, Barber etc. Enterprising people among farming community got into trade  replacing traditional vysyas. This impact is clearly seen during puskarams. No tr...