Why India is Still a Developing Country? (very nice must read ) - Ant & Grasshopper story The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter ,the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. Modern Version The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper. The Internet is flooded with online petitions eeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven
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by sathya narayanan on Dec 20, 2007 12:20 AM Permalink
continuing.... (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) . Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers. Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath '. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes ' Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services. The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV. Arundhati Roy calls it 'A Triumph of Justice'. Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'. CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden ' Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly. Many years later... The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley. 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ... As a result of loosing lot of hard w
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by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Dec 20, 2007 01:03 AM Permalink
I know you are trying to be a smart-ass here, but look - what if the grasshopper doesn't know how to find supplies in summer because he never got that training? The grasshopper in your allegory has that problem. You are comparing the bourgeois ant with a proletariat grasshopper (sorry for the commie lingo, and while I detest commies, in this case, had to borrow their words). The grasshopper needs support because it doesn't have a voice. The will of the ants can easily overpower the interests of the grasshopper (some ants are known to kill and eat larger insects like grasshoppers when they hunt in packs).
A poor farmer who is moved from the flood-basin of the sardar sarovar project and given land that is of sub-standard quality as compared to his old land on the banks of the narmada has every right to be disgruntled. Unfortunately for him, no-one cares until a bourgeois ant like Patkar or Roy make their case known to other ants, many of whom don't care. Sardar sarovar will feed millions, but if it starves a few thousand in the process, the government has failed.
In fact, the grasshopper works harder than the ant. It's just that the ant has been supplied with knowledge that helps it to get supplies a lot more efficiently. Any idea how hard farmers have to work to make their 1.5 square meals?
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by Nitin Takiar on Dec 20, 2007 01:23 AM Permalink
Well....why are you comparing grasshopers with Farmers only? Why not about the Quota Holders? Why not the daughters/sons of all politicians including Rahul Gandhi? Why aren;t you considering the doctors/enginners who are going to get there because they belong to some particular caste or religion? Ant's can find resources for themselves....No bloody politician or Indian corrupt system is providing them resources.
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by Kamalaksh on Dec 20, 2007 09:09 AM Permalink
Are you in any way related to Arundathi Roy or CPM or Lallu by chance?
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by Singarao Meduri on Dec 20, 2007 08:24 AM Permalink
Its a simple thing Mr.Maximus. You take quotas for the final products, then you benefit in the short term. Rather you ask the government to provide training and coaching to you (just as you mentioned bout the lack of training) then you would benefit in the long term. However people with quotas have never paid considerable attention to training. People could have asked for additional training since school level extending upto graduation level. But people seem to be more happy to get admissions at all levels based on quotas and jobs based on quotas. it is just like trying to get your fruit without any hard work. And ask for reasons, some even say that they have been oppressed for years and now its their chance to benefit.
But what about your own longer term.
In such a situation you cant quote lack of training as an excuse or reason.
IT WAS SIMPLY IN YOUR OWN REACH TO ASK FOR TRAINING AND COACHING RATHER THAN FOR QUOTA ADMISSIONS AND JOBS
