Punjab Peasant Life

This work on a supremely relevant subject is a notable contribution to the socio-economic literature of India. The author has given a complete picture of the existing conditions among the peasantry of Punjab, which is one of the finest and noblest of its kind, accompanied by a careful and dispassionate examination off the problem to which they give rise.

While examining the main problem of the Punjab Peasantry, this study seeks to give some idea of the peasant himself in all his varying conditions of heat and cold, drought and flood, abundance and want. It brings to light the everyday struggle of the peasant-the effect of high prices, the rise in the standard of living, the increased cost of marriage. On the other hand, an awareness of living, the increased cost of marriage. On the other hand, an awareness of the demoralizing effects of prosperity drinking, purchasing of brides, squandering money in marriage, expenditure on jewellery, is brought about.

Besides being a social commentary, on the lives of the peasants, this is a work of infinite economic relevance which will bring forth a realization off the usefulness and indeed the necessity of money lending in agricultural economy. The reader will discover how in some conditions poverty and in others prosperity is the cause of debt.
This work on a vast and thought provoking subject should be a source of observing study to the reader.