a career choice
"if he picks the trowel he can earn 160 rupees a day in a few years. it is a profession that wont let you down if you work hard. please advice him , sir," pleads the head mason.
the sixteen year lad , who always sports a sheepish smile and a spritely step, has his mind set on beginning a new journey in lfe - to become a clearner in a truck where he will earn rupees 60 a day on a regular basis, as against his present rupees 90 , when he finds work. he hopes to graduate to a driver in time and earn a few thousand rupees a month, perhaps double of what he will make as a mason.
the choice is far cry from the boys i know, who have to deal with supposedly critical choices at the same age - to join the science stream in high school or step into the commerce branch - a decision often debated by elders and techers to find out what is best in the interest of the child.
i am speechless and dont know what to say and the boy continues his grin.
i extend my hand and grasp his much callused young palm and wish him the very best as he traverses the risk ridden roads of our vast country.
as the sensex races ahead towoards the 10,000 , double my target for the year, i continue to spend time carrying our minor contruction work - interacting mostly with mason, carpenters and electricians.
a world where money has a different meaning - equated to livelyhood and not wealth.
the sixteen year lad , who always sports a sheepish smile and a spritely step, has his mind set on beginning a new journey in lfe - to become a clearner in a truck where he will earn rupees 60 a day on a regular basis, as against his present rupees 90 , when he finds work. he hopes to graduate to a driver in time and earn a few thousand rupees a month, perhaps double of what he will make as a mason.
the choice is far cry from the boys i know, who have to deal with supposedly critical choices at the same age - to join the science stream in high school or step into the commerce branch - a decision often debated by elders and techers to find out what is best in the interest of the child.
i am speechless and dont know what to say and the boy continues his grin.
i extend my hand and grasp his much callused young palm and wish him the very best as he traverses the risk ridden roads of our vast country.
as the sensex races ahead towoards the 10,000 , double my target for the year, i continue to spend time carrying our minor contruction work - interacting mostly with mason, carpenters and electricians.
a world where money has a different meaning - equated to livelyhood and not wealth.
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