Discuss rural and urban life in india.

I think that this is a fairly powerful question.  Indeed,
there is a schism in rural and urban life and, to a great extent, modern India is going
to have address this as it progresses into a globalized setting.  I think that in
describing each, one has to examine some level of generalization.  Rural life is
changing slowly to embrace more modes of modernity.  For example, cellular technology
can be seen in many villages, along with dish satellites for television.  This is a far
cry from a decade ago when it was fairly evident that when one entered village life,
there was no sign of any technology.  There are still parts of this present in rural
life in India, but it is changing.  By the same token, urban life is consisting of
people who have come from villages, but are quickly adapting to the modern setting. 
While one finds more examples of globalized conditions in the urban arena of India, I
think that there is also more level of questioning on a personal and social level.  The
urban realm is one where there is a eager embrace of Western values, a product of
globalization. The challenge is how to navigate those traditional demands that are so
evident in rural life, and ones that are quickly being challenged with the reality of
the embrace of Western or other globalized values.  How do urban Indians, who are of the
rural ilk and who understand identity as being composed as primarily of the rural
setting, navigate through these dimensions in the urban setting?  The reality is that
there are some aspects of India such as religious fervor or traditional norms or customs
that will never go away.  Many of those in the rural settings are clear about this. 
Those in the urban setting are finding challenges as to how to navigate these realities
with those of the modern, globalized reality.