Comparison between Urban and Rural lifestyles

15 differences
Urban life

1. High crime rate (Pg 168) (Get up quick or I'll take you off to the police station)
2. More equality between between men and women (Pg 118) (To Hari's utter amazement, all the people marching in it were women)
3. Presence of modern technology (Televisions, watches etc.)
4. Earn more income
5. More protection against elements (e.g. Monsoon season)
6. More noise pollution due to cars and more population of people (Pg 121) (Hari strained to listen but the noise of the traffic distracted him)
7. Formal doctors with proper medication available (Pg 155) (There is a hospital in Alibagh)
8. No sleeping in public places (Pg 168) (This is no place to sleep.)
9. More competition in terms of jobs and housing
10. Presence of electricity
11. More job prospects (Pg 120) (He held a megaphone to his mouth and began to speak.)
12. Less environmentally-friendly
13. Less greenery
14. More complex lifestyle
15. Better built housing (Pg 207) (Mr Panwallah was popular in that block.)

Rural life

1. Low crime rate
2. Less equality between men and women
3. Absence of modern technology (Villagers in Thul do not have engines for their fishing boats)
4. Earn less income (Villagers in Thul can only depend on fishing and farming and it is very competitive)
5. Less protection against elements as houses can easily catch fire (Villagers in Thul live in thatched huts)
6. Quiet and tranquil (Absence of cars in Thul)
7. No formal doctors with proper medication available
8. Can sleep in public places
9. Less competition in terms of jobs and housing (Less people in Thul)
10. No electricity
11. Less job prospects (farming, fishing and plucking of coconuts)
12. More environmentally-friendly
13. More nature and greenery (Pg 4) (The morning light was still soft as it filtered through the web of palm leaves, and swirls of blue wood-smoke rose from fires in hidden huts and mingled with it.)
14. Simple lifestyle
15. Live in thatched huts. (Pg 5) (she looked at the hut and knew nothing was as it had been before, and nothing was well either.)

10 similarities

Urban and Rural life

1. Have doctors
2. Have appopriate housing to live in
3. Have their own recreation
4. Jobs include fishing
5. Have schools
6. Equallly religious and superstitious
7. Celebrate festivals
8. Have their own culture
9. Have both the rich and poor
10. They have their own forms of transport