Kathewadi: A village
from another time

Sangeeta Anand visits Kathewadi village in Maharashtra's Nanded district, India, to see an amazing transformation.

We are finally in view of Kathewadi,. It's been a six-hour journey from Hyderabad across two states to satisfy our curiosity about this village. Is it possible in today's times to run a shop unmanned by a shop keeper? To believe that goods bought would be paid for, without supervision?

We walk through a surprisingly clean village with clusters of homes neatly painted in a uniform shade of soft pink, soothing our eyes under the hot glare of the sun.

The Art of Living Foundation has adopted this village and transformed it into a model of village life. "We live by Gurudev's teachings." - Babu Patil Biradar. Read on : A village from another time