Others will venture into this field only when they smell a lot of financial opportunity. (The Gaitonde shoes experience is well known.) For the rest of the time, they will just keep pouring scorn on people who have been doing this useful work for centuries. And trapped into a caste-class structure that takes many generations to morph even only very slightly. Time heals all wounds, and time wounds all heels. We need all kinds to protect our heels :-) FN PS: Not just Hindu, the cl-aste structure also works in Christianity. At least in Goa, and some other parts of India.
2008/9/9 Sandeep Heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is the profession of a cobbler a restricted profession, for the Hindu > backward castes only? Can others not venture into this trade? > -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
