The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter – By Leonard Gildarie-

The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter

Leonard Gildarie

By Leonard Gildarie

I grew up in a sugar-producing community – Enmore. I loved it. Although I moved away since the ‘80s, the connection was never severed. It is difficult to explain to someone what the idyllic life in such a community is all about, the sight of the fields of cane in the wind. There is something mysterious about it.

The smell of the Friday markets along with the faces of canecutters collecting their weekly wages all mingled with the role everyone played, including housewives, in getting their families out to school and work.