
There are people with straight requests, hidden agendas, greed oozing through her let-me-get-whatever-I can-from-these-people-eyes. One woman, of the last category comes to us wearing a see-we-are-so-poor-and-we-are-dying look on her face while we are just about to leave after a loooong discussion on housing issues. "When are you going to give us more rice and paruppu (lentil)? It is so tough", she asks. Seven months after Tsunami, she still wants the Government and NGO to give her everyday bread (or rice!). Annoyed, but still wanting to give an answer that doesn't hurt much, the Project manager tells her, "Ennama ippadi kekkareenga, boat, engine, net ellam koduthome, ippo arisi paruppum kodukkanumna mudiyuma, meen pudichu pozhainga, adukku udavarom. Poytu varom" (We have given you boats, engines and nets.So, please use them to earn your livelihood. For that, we will support you, not by giving rice and lentil)
