Long and laborious
were the days of exam schedule. Once it was over a sigh of relief was evident
on the faces of our gang- Anton, Rony, Saneen, Akhil, saiby, Nithin. Somehow or
other we slipped in to a slumber. Then our guiding light, Dr.T.M Jacob come
forward with a plan to boost the practical experience of his disciples. We get an opportunity to work with Rajagiri on
a project in collaboration with KERA FED. It gives a bird eye view on the standard
of living and the socio-economic aspects of retail dealers of tender coconut in
the various parts of Cochin.
We the youngsters set
out for this venture thinking that it would provide an opportunity to come in
contact with the ‘Hot Chicks’ of cochin.
Fortunately or unfortunately when that came to practice it was not that
easy. We wandered through the rushy streets of the town in searching that to
collect sufficient data.
We came into contact
with people from different walks of life. We could get an acquaintance with nook
and corner of the city. We met with people of different culture and language.
The study was aimed at investigating the socio economic background of the
retail dealers. We use the snow balling technique. The query was simple and we
hope we could make a successful attempt to exploring various aspects of coconut
retail dealings.
Anyhow we
were not reluctant to spend the leisure time in OBERON mall, Fort-Kochi, marine
Drive for “sight-seeing”. Though we planned only for a funny game in the beginning,
it resulted in a fruitful endeavor towards the end.
