Frederick FN Noronha wrote: > I'm talking about livelihoods here, not prosperity.
FN, Almost 50 years ago, I sat on my grand-moms balcony and watched women just over the fence make ropes out of coconut coir. Their hands were rough beyond words. Sometimes, their kids were working with them too. I asked my relatives why those kids were not in school and the relatives then looked towards the river in the distance, or to the bougainvillea plants, or to the gently swaying coconut trees and kept silent. Thankfully, I do not see people in Goa going thru this torture anymore. What I do see is people in the village gathering buffalo shit, mixing it with hay, making a patty and drying it in the sun, all this in order to earn two pice from their er, livelihood. All the dung collectors are younger than me. The society they have lived in failed to provide them with an education or skills for 2013. One of the socialist concepts that capitalism has embraced is that capitalism provides for a free and MANDATORY primary and secondary education for all. This education gives the opportunity for every child to make a change. Until this happens in Goa, some people will have to depend on bullshit occupations for what you describe as their livelihood. Mervyn
