Essay --

Trading education to fish for their lives/ Choosing shores everyplace schoolsKumar*, 16 is among the many children in Pamban village of Rameshwaram who forego education and take chances into the sea to gull a living for their families. While key decisions virtually sharing of waters between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen are awaited, the fishing crossroads of Anthoniar Nagar in Rameshwaram has children as young as 11 years sequent fishermen in their country boats.At four feet tall, Kumar* is small for his age. After his capture abandoned the family, he dropped out of school in class cardinal and turned breadwinner of his family. Nobody forced us to go fishing, he give tongue to and introduced his friend Joseph*, a soft-spoken skinny boy of 11 who was more or less a foot taller than him. Kumar* claimed that Joseph* willingly went fishing with his father to provide for his family of seven. Its been three years since I went to school, said Joseph*. He said that the Indian Na vy caught boats with children in them and that yet they went about 50-60 feet deep. I dont go to school but at least I earn for my fam...