Mahatma Gandhi believed that real India lives in the villages, and not in Bombay, Calcutta or Delhi. But power remained in the hands of those who lived metro cities and had no social relations with the rural folk. Charan Singh’s ideas and politics primarily aimed to challenge these skewed relations between the urban and the rural. This BBC clip shines light on various aspects of Singh’s life and personality: how he abstained from tobacco and alcohol, followed vegetarian diet, wore a simple dhoti and an old watch.