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- - - - - - - - 'sacrifice'. I would like to show that there is no sacrifice involved at all. You lose something but you gain something too. Who were the pioneers, who ventured into the western parts of America, after the first settlers landed on the eastern shores of the new continent? They did not "go west” as a sacrifice; they went in search of opportunities and adventure. The people who go to the Himalayas for trekking and mountaineering certainly forego the comforts of a city life, but do they sacrifice? No. They go for excitement, thrill and adventure. Our rural areas are unexplored lands, figuratively and a creative scientist/ technologist will find it like a gold mine of opportunities, where he can apply the simplest of science and get good results. Isn't a good scientist expected to select his project, where he will explore the unknown and feel the thrill and excitement of discovery? Our rural areas are unexplored lands, figuratively and a creative scientist/technologist will find it like a gold mine of opportunities, where he can apply the simplest of science and get good results. Every problem is an opportunity for a creative scientist. It is only a creative person who sees opportunity in a problem. Lesser persons are blinded by the magnitude of the problems or their persistence. Therefore, a creative scientist or engineer will not consider it a sacrifice to tackle the problems of rural India. Everyone knows the difference between discovery and invention. Discoveries push the frontiers of knowledge. Inventions make the tools that make discoveries possible. Both bear testimony to the creativity of the human mind. We owe our debts to the Edisons and the Einsteins of all times. The question is not whether creative and adventurous minds should Rural Development Through Education System 183