No Keralite is coming forward to tap rubber these days. Workers from Tamil Nadu are getting jobs in infrastructure projects. Therefore, planters have now turned to getting workers from the North,” says Mr N. Radhakrishnan, President of the Cochin Rubber Merchants Association.
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One reason Keralites not wanting to become tappers is due to a social stigma attached to it and them not able to get brides!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Rubber & Prejudice or No Bride for Rubber Tappers
June 01,08 | M.R. Subramaniam |Businessline
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Now with the Canon EOS 5D MKII , the boys can become men sooner. The rituals of climbing the filmmaking hierarchy will be a lot easier, ...
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Parashu - "Worn-out by the sun and stress I settled under the tree. Summer sun was scorching my scrotum" - "The fully opened ...
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Now with the Canon EOS 5D MKII , the boys can become men sooner. The rituals of climbing the filmmaking hierarchy will be a lot easier, ...
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