“The scene in the village as the children were about to leave was very emotional with many a moist eye on both sides.”

“And he is completely in love with this village girl, who he can't marry because she's too low-class, plus he's also engaged to Rosaline.”

“Through the village she was silent, except to say that the women needed seed, for their store was very low.”

“Such fuel price hikes spell doom for a poor villager who has to add a few more tambalas when buying paraffin.”

“Not every villager believes that he was given a fair hearing, and the issue remains a conversation point on local streets.”

“A villager has voiced an emotional plea to stop a proposed road scheme, which he says will devastate his wife's business.”

“While villagization did bring some measure of welfare and social services to the countryside, it failed the production test decisively.”

“In fact, this outside assistance may well have played a role in buffering the impact of the Tanzanian villagization.”

“With villagization, household land use patterns changed dramatically, and the use of resources intensified in areas close to villages.”

“The villagery crowded into the room, pushing Hal almost against the constable's table.”

“The villagers were not consulted, even though the river was their only source of water and they depended on the sago trees for food.”

“Many villagers feel aggrieved that water is sourced from rural areas to supply towns but the rural infrastructure has to go without.”

“To protect the environment, all the villagers built their houses in a compact area.”

“The water available in villages is drawn from wells sunk in tanks and lakes.”

“He said 50 villages in Amabla had been affected by floods leading to loss of crores of rupees.”

“In areas where peasants normally congregated, villages became towns and towns became cities.”