Owais Mughal
We first saw this photo at Metroblogging Lahore and found it very appealing to share it here:
This photo is of a banner seen at the gate of a factory on Multan Road, Lahore. The banner reads in English as:
“Less literate, illiterate and hardworking but dedicated boys are required urgently for work in the factory.”
Credits: >man!< at Metroblogging Lahore
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Does it mean there is now a genuine shortage in the country of (a) Less Literate (b) Iliterate (c) Hardworking and (4) Dedicated - read Honest - that factory owners have to advertise for them.
Wonder what such workers and their factory would produce?
Pity the poor consumer.
If the factory produces for export, imagine its fate, in a world where some of the most highly educated/trained Chinese worker’s products are subjected to massive quality scrutiny.
Mama’s girl - You will fail to meet the criteria on gender grounds as well. They are only seeking male worker.
On another note, the poster in itself is a symbol of a changing economy, at least in the Punjab. Now it seems labouers no longer queue outside factories daily for work (often to end up being shoo-ed away); factory managers have to advertise for workers. Well, in parts of the Punjab farmers would be unable to harvest their ready wheat crops, had it not be for the seasonal labour from the NWFP. Lahore and the Punjab seem to be booming economically as the province has been peaceful and stable having not faced the Islamist insurgency of the western provinces or political hooliganism and unrest of Karachi, besides not being inflicted by culture-induced inertia of the southern province. We do not have readily available statistics to provide a break up of economic growth province-wise during last few years but I suspect it would be in double digits for the Punjab for last five years.
Dang, another job I am under qualified for.
But if the guys are really illiterate, How will they read the banner ?
It’s quite clear that the factory owner wants his workers to be ‘less literate’. And this is simply because a ‘less literate’ factory worker is more susceptible to exploitation from management than a ‘more literate’ one.
I feel sorry for the factory owner as well as the company. This factory is surely going to suffer in the long run.
I’m not sure about that.
If I am a factory owner, I would love if innovations come from the grass roots level.
Moreover, the workers would be able to articulate the problems faced at the factory floor in a better way and would also be able to suggest creative solutions to the same.
I think it’s unfair to link ‘arrogance’ with ‘education’. Also, if you say, making informed decisions, and resisting exploitation is ‘arrogance’ then I guess I’m wrong.
I love some of the comments posted on ATP. Just the other day someone called those who celebrated Independence Day “bayghairat”. Now those who are educated are “arrogant” and think hard work is beneath them.
I have to agree with this factory owner that once people get education in our country, they become arrogant and think of beautiful ethic of hard working as most denigrating. Another way to look at it is to see if our educational system is suited to the needs of our own needs. Why is it that the educated men from villages do not live in villages and migrate to Urban areas? On lighter note, Mushtaq Yousufi described our culture as “Charpai” culture where everything can take place on Charpoi.
Another great banner. Reflects the ‘adabi zauq’ of the employers! Along with Mehanti, being Jafaa-kash is another requirement.
Unfortunate but true in a way. It is commonly believed in semi-urban and rural areas that once the boy has attended a few years of school, he becomes useless, as he can’t either get or government job or do manual work.
After the ’shararti logoN ke liye sazaa ka maqul intezam hai’, this is another interesting banner photo at ATP.