tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post2236360012108194323..comments2024-01-20T14:08:08.057+05:30Comments on Serendipity: The only one working in the village is the Barber, because the aimless boys, the so called youth spend their time having their hair styled!Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-29733164147051377692018-10-11T10:02:17.722+05:302018-10-11T10:02:17.722+05:30an anthropologist doesn't judge, but rather se...an anthropologist doesn't judge, but rather seeks to understand. if we try to understand the male thinking, they're still trying to do what they've always tried to do which is find a mate. in the olden days they'd have to have a productive enterprise or a suitable income source to attract a mate, however these days the women are earning all of the money through their productive enterprise leaving the males trying to court the females in a different, and more easy, way. sitting in the salon beats toiling in the fields or homes of strangers any day, from an energy exertion perspective! so the question is how to tilt the village males toward more productive enterprise? these village males clearly need guidance. teach them how to be productive. let them learn how to turn raw materials into intermediate goods and intermediate goods into finished goods. they seem to have creative minds. let them unleash their creativity into something more than the hair on top of their heads!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-76605598793506183122018-10-11T06:35:21.616+05:302018-10-11T06:35:21.616+05:30On the positive side, the money circulates in the ...On the positive side, the money circulates in the village in a service industry, adding to the GNP of the Country. What the barber does with his new found wealth is also at issue though. Does he buy a motorbike? three wheeler? then there is leakage to imports. If he constructs his home there is an element of imported material, but then he uses local labor for building and local brick too, so there is a multiplier effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-67306292396944318492018-10-11T06:29:04.561+05:302018-10-11T06:29:04.561+05:30At some point I will write a sequel to this story,...At some point I will write a sequel to this story, as the girl is accepted back by the parents once she gets pregnant, and the boy is unable to fend for her, and she realizes the ruse and the mistake she has made.<br /><br />However by that time the life is ruined, her future uncertain, and parents wonder how come they did not know what was happening right under their noses.<br /><br />I have seen this repeated multiple times in my 15 years of living in Ratmale and can recall almost every girl who before she came of age, seemed to engage in this practiceRatmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-57883454474529816552018-10-11T06:18:24.535+05:302018-10-11T06:18:24.535+05:30Yes its the boys, those spoiled by their mothers, ...Yes its the boys, those spoiled by their mothers, who have a fettish about their hair. In days of old, it was mothers who took a pair of scissors and cut the boy's hair short.<br /><br />Now hairstyle is a statement, and it is a big business, and when wearing school uniform, it is the hair style that stands out, get noticed by the girls. The girls have no choice as they have to have their hair platted, so in true Peacock form, the preening is done by the males, not by females as is traditionally thought.<br /><br />Where are we heading?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-65509211080555189572018-10-11T06:14:12.644+05:302018-10-11T06:14:12.644+05:30Another case in Sri Lanka, where Nero fiddles whil...Another case in Sri Lanka, where Nero fiddles while Rome burnsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-34068826778210329282018-10-11T06:09:19.956+05:302018-10-11T06:09:19.956+05:30in my opinion the highest earner in the village is...in my opinion the highest earner in the village is the barber, after the money lender! excluding those who live off inherited wealth, they have leveraged into businesses of one sort or anotherRatmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.com