The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
From this there is a fall to the 'Economy of Enterprise' when a wet nurse feeds
the baby or a hired cook prepares the meals. In either case the mother's work
and function has been commercialised. The wet nurse and the cook derive their
satisfaction from the amount of money-wages received, the good of the
children takes a secondary place.
A mother nursing the child
Then we descend further to the 'Economy of Predation' when the natural other's
milk is sought to be substituted not out of mere necessity but to preserve the
mother's 'figure', and the poor baby is bottle-fed on synthetic milk. The
manufacturer does not worry about the baby but is only concerned to push his
goods in the market by all forms of claims for his product and concern for the
mother's 'figure'.
When the extravagant claims of baby feeds do not bear any close relation to
facts we go right down to the 'Parasitic Economy' where the profit made is the
overruling consideration irrespective of any harm that may befall the baby.
Thus ultimately the natural function of the mother is sought to be performed by
various agents for a money reward. Thus the dignity of work of the mother is
lost along with the healthy constituents attached to it, all that is left being
pure commerce which is bought and sold for money.
At one time, Kashmir used to manufacture a kind of carriage rug with furry
appearance-somewhat like a turkish towel—these were extremely soft and
warm and needed skill in making them. They also took a long time to produce
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