Set up trust for Boars

The Thai cave survivors are children whose entire life lies ahead of them. If someone is going to write a book or make a movie on them as is being reported, a part of the financial proceeds should go a trust, which should pay for the education and rehabilitation of the children and their heroic coach.

Three of the children and the coach are in fact stateless. They do not have Thai citizenship. The government should be generous and grant them citizenship, which will provide them mental relief and accelerate their recovery.

Moreover there should no victimisation of the young coach, for the cave excursion. The coach himself is a youngster at 25 years, an orphan and a former monk. He too has suffered enough and should be spared further stress. He did not even eat his little portion of food in the cave and gave it to the children to keep them strong. He also taught them meditation, which helped the children to survive a macabre ordeal.

The cave saga is akin to the Chilean miners’ crisis in 2010. Despite a book and a movie, they received meagre remuneration.

Manchester United has done well to invite the children to Old Trafford. The Fifa president has also invited them to a function in London. Such visits accelerate rehabilitation. In an Indian Movie, Munna Bhai MBBS, the lead protagonist explains how celebrating life can boost recovery.

RAJENDRA ANEJA