he 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 stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper allowed suffering 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 seeking support to the Grasshopper (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; fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes; its 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 ...
because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country!!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
News Update
VINITH
World's highest battlefield ..... where a roti is costing Rs. 500/ - why india is bearing so much expenses for a battlefield..
why pakistan want siachen at any cost?????
well answer is here http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/16athale.htm
chk this find all the answers...
I am proud to be INDIAN JAI HIND!!!!!!!!!!!
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India the largest borrower of loan from the world bank..........
http://www.indiaonestop.com/worldbank.htm
take a look at the above link........... situation is really bad........ and we need more the ministers are going to get the wconomy to burst out..
ADITYA
India's per capita income continues to be the lowest in the world, despite being the fastest growing economy in the world.
While India will be amongst the richest countries in the world, its citizens will not be as wealthy as average Americans or Europeans.
We will still lack skilled labour.
Failure in quality education, lack of traditional and vocational training and policy blunders make it imperative that we need a structural change.
Number of children who cannot complete their education will not decrease.
57% of youth suffer some degree of unemployment.
90% of jobs require vocational skills
300 million youth will enter the labour force by 2025
25% of the the world's workers in 4 yrs will be Indians.
90% of our college output has bookish knowledge
58% of graduates make less than 75 000 per year
90% of jobs in India are skill based.
Youth unemployability is a bigger crisis than unemployment as poor quality of skills or education show up in low incomes rather than unemployment. The discontinuation of education leads to the accumulation of job seekers in the bottom of the education pyramid. We must ensure that every one we know completes their education.
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Have a look at this
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)
Monthly Salary : 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000
Office expenditure per month : 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 ( eg. For a visit from kerala to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily DA TA during parliament meets : 500/day
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times) (All over India )
Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units.
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1 ,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : 32,00,000 [ i.e . 2.66 lakh/month]
TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 crores)
AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES…..
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities........And this is the present condition of our country:POverty-unemployment-n what not!!
855 crores could make the life off those poor ppl...who hv neither food,water or shelter livable !!
Think of the great democracy we have.............
World's highest battlefield ..... where a roti is costing Rs. 500/ - why india is bearing so much expenses for a battlefield..
why pakistan want siachen at any cost?????
well answer is here http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/16athale.htm
chk this find all the answers...
I am proud to be INDIAN JAI HIND!!!!!!!!!!!
---------------
India the largest borrower of loan from the world bank..........
http://www.indiaonestop.com/worldbank.htm
take a look at the above link........... situation is really bad........ and we need more the ministers are going to get the wconomy to burst out..
ADITYA
India's per capita income continues to be the lowest in the world, despite being the fastest growing economy in the world.
While India will be amongst the richest countries in the world, its citizens will not be as wealthy as average Americans or Europeans.
We will still lack skilled labour.
Failure in quality education, lack of traditional and vocational training and policy blunders make it imperative that we need a structural change.
Number of children who cannot complete their education will not decrease.
57% of youth suffer some degree of unemployment.
90% of jobs require vocational skills
300 million youth will enter the labour force by 2025
25% of the the world's workers in 4 yrs will be Indians.
90% of our college output has bookish knowledge
58% of graduates make less than 75 000 per year
90% of jobs in India are skill based.
Youth unemployability is a bigger crisis than unemployment as poor quality of skills or education show up in low incomes rather than unemployment. The discontinuation of education leads to the accumulation of job seekers in the bottom of the education pyramid. We must ensure that every one we know completes their education.
-------------------------------------------------------
Have a look at this
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)
Monthly Salary : 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000
Office expenditure per month : 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 ( eg. For a visit from kerala to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily DA TA during parliament meets : 500/day
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times) (All over India )
Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units.
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1 ,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : 32,00,000 [ i.e . 2.66 lakh/month]
TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 crores)
AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES…..
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities........And this is the present condition of our country:POverty-unemployment-n what not!!
855 crores could make the life off those poor ppl...who hv neither food,water or shelter livable !!
Think of the great democracy we have.............
Interesting News
"Earthquake rocks Delhi, adjoining areas
26 Nov 2007, 0444 hrs IST , AGENCIES
NEW DELHI: A minor earthquake rattled New Delhi and adjoining areas early on Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
An official with the Indian Meteorological Department, which monitors earthquakes, said the 4.3-magnitude quake was only felt in New Delhi and the surrounding areas. It struck at about 4:43 a.m.
The epicenter of the tremor was at the Delhi-Haryana border at 28.6 N latitude and 77.9 E longitude".
This state rather create more highrises in the river bed under any pretext whatsoever should be busy assessing and reinforcing existing highrises in Delhi, if it had any sense of responsibility for the citizens left.
I wonder if our Parliament which is currently in session consider this important matter today?
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Raahat is a relief programme organised by godrej....dnt kno excatly actually...under this warm clothes will be given to ppl living on streets n pavements...so..u can do ur bit by donating old warm clothes...n i dnt exactly kno if its jus fr Delhi or all over India...
For More Details u may contact:
Shefali: 9971044777
26 Nov 2007, 0444 hrs IST , AGENCIES
NEW DELHI: A minor earthquake rattled New Delhi and adjoining areas early on Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
An official with the Indian Meteorological Department, which monitors earthquakes, said the 4.3-magnitude quake was only felt in New Delhi and the surrounding areas. It struck at about 4:43 a.m.
The epicenter of the tremor was at the Delhi-Haryana border at 28.6 N latitude and 77.9 E longitude".
This state rather create more highrises in the river bed under any pretext whatsoever should be busy assessing and reinforcing existing highrises in Delhi, if it had any sense of responsibility for the citizens left.
I wonder if our Parliament which is currently in session consider this important matter today?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Raahat is a relief programme organised by godrej....dnt kno excatly actually...under this warm clothes will be given to ppl living on streets n pavements...so..u can do ur bit by donating old warm clothes...n i dnt exactly kno if its jus fr Delhi or all over India...
For More Details u may contact:
Shefali: 9971044777
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