True, but i believe being poor is something you can control yourself. hardworking changes everything.
Mr. Verbiest is absolutely right: it is better to be poor in a warm country than a cold country, particularly in the lush, tropical countryside. Even small plots of land tend to be extremely productive year-round, and some agricultural activity or other goes on pretty much all the time.From the bright green rice-terraced hills in Indonesia to this expansive plateau in northeastern Thailand, an exceedingly fertile countryside is a cushion for hard times for Southeast Asia’s 570 million people.
...Laid-off migrant workers in other parts of the world, notably in China, are also reportedly returning home. But one difference for workers in Southeast Asia is that they live in a very accommodating climate.
“Somebody said to me the other day, ‘It’s better to be poor in a warm country than a cold country,’ ” said Jean-Pierre Verbiest, the country director of the Asian Development Bank in Thailand. For this and other reasons, returning to one’s traditional village in the countryside is a sort of “social safety net,” Mr. Verbiest said, although he is not sure what the scale of the exodus will be because links to the countryside are weaker than they once were.
True, but i believe being poor is something you can control yourself. hardworking changes everything.
Sridhar, I am from Trivandrum. Not sure what its called now but I bet you know what I am talking about. Nice post. I agree.
Sridhar... Being from the United States, I have seen the demise of the family farmer, as well as any impetus to be self-sufficient. What is happening in the Far-East can be looked at as a good thing, where personal responsibility and allegiance to the family are time honored institutions. We used to have that here, but the societal engineers have created an entire culture who cannot even open a can of vegetables, let alone grow their own. I am going to share that NY Times article with my family and friends that THIS is the way Americans once were, before we became fat and lazy. A great quote from the article: It won’t take them long to lose their bellies,” said Samer Songserm, the 56-year-old wizened headman of this small village who has counted 10 unemployed workers returning from Bangkok over the past two months.
I think it may - to develop something in India (a case study in itself to test any business being crash n burn proof with all kinds of things that go only wrong in India), with no outside funding from 1996 so far are stuffs heroes are made off. I wish you dream come true someday.
There's great french song just about that: Emmenez-moi au bout de la terre Emmenez-moi au pays des merveilles Il me semble que la misère Serait moins pénible au soleil You can see it here: http://www.dailymotion.com/search/charles%252Baznavour%252Bemmenez/video/x7k3n9_charles-aznavour-emmenezmoi_music Cheers PhilH.
Jeevan, Thanks, you are way too kind! PhilH, Great song! In translation: Take me to the end of the earth Take me to the land of wonders It seems to me that poverty Would be less painful in the sun
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