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The article illustrates the developing family crisis in the world. The author of the article cites examples from western as well as the eastern societies of the world. Western society, of which the United States is the most extreme present manifestation, has gone through two great family crises during its history and is about to reach the maximum development of a third. An understanding of these crises and the difficulties should be very helpful in contemplating the problems of the future. In all the history of family society in China has been practically only one standard of reference one family Bible, the Confucianist system of li or moral behavior. In Hindu society, almost from its beginning to now, the Ramayana epic has been the Bible of the masses. The author discusses the family crisis in China as well as India, which represents the eastern society of the world. This article also discusses the Greek family crisis and also the Roman family crisis.

The article discusses the book, Rural Modernization in India, by K.C. and J. Panchanadikar. The book is the second book by the authors, concerning Indian rural development and modernization. The authors use selected areas of the state of Gujarat as indicative of the country, since it is in the Northern Plains region, the world's largest alluvial area, in which most of the Indians live. The author of the article considers it a privilege to point out the unique value of the work for understanding that large section of the world where the problems of rural development are now unavoidably critical, not only for the local masses but probably also for the remainder of the world. The idea of modernizing rural life in the country began to take shape under the Great Britain's rule but gained headway with independence after 1947, so that by 1952-55 'community' projects were begun. The book analyzes what was attempted and the difficulties encountered in an average Gujarat district, Vijapur Taluka; a richer one, Anand; and a very poor one, Nausari.