As the rains ol monsoon start to gradually cease after almost a sixmonth wet-season spell, they come out in hundreds, at the call ot the hiring construction contractors, to work in the fields — cutting and carrying earth from one site to another, to build the base of houses or roads, to the benefit of the nation at large. And all this they do just for a pittance.— working all day under the sun, taking only a short respite often under the shade of tree on the site and once cooking-their own meal also on the site. To them, the day-labourers. work is more urgent than