Oct 19, 2020
"I am getting old now,' says Valia. (He is over fifty.) a younger man will have to take the reins. We are in a bit of disarray now.' Valia has, in fact, put in his resignation from the kotwar's post. The patwari had sent him a rude letter demanding that he present himself in a few hours or face the sack. But when Valia resigned, the patwari didn't accept it. 'It's a joke,' says Valia. 'They sack me three times a year. But they won't let us go, finally. Where will they find such cheap labour to perform such a high risk job?'
P Sainath, 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought'
