Valedictory Address

1 went for my first field investigation in 1957 to a fishing village near Palghat, the Satpathi. I still remember that it was a survey connected with the marketing of fresh fish. It was a study sponsored by FAO. I have got quite happy memories of that study. I actually stayed on the beach, in the fisherman's hut and even shared the food because the only way 10 catch the fishermen for interviews was to catch them at the dead of night, when they would come back with their catch. Early morning they would go again. You would not find them in the houses at all in the main village.