There is a talk going on in the Government circles for reservations for Muslims in Education and Govt jobs. There is also a talk about reservations in Private sectors. Most of the Indian states have reservations for Muslims which is against the constitution and certain political parties kill the constitution and democracy time and again.
This made me remember this old story my mom used to tell me when i was kid and this story me understand that Hard-work is what that makes you reach the top. Now this story has got no relevance in Today's Politics / policies our Govt is up to. The story goes like this.
OLD VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his 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 ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
The Way the certain political parties run politics with a Minority centric agenda has made this great story irrelevant in Today's day and age and the new or modern version of the story goes on like this.
MODERN VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his 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, Times NOW, CNN-IBN 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.
Human Rights Group goes on a fast along with other grasshoppers demanding that grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.
Amnesty International will criticize 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).
MP's 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.
Mamata Banerjee will announce the allocation of one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway trains
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention Of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning of the winter.
Kapil Sibal makes Special Reservation for Grasshoppers in educational institutions & in Govt Services.
The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his 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'. People who do minority centric politics calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence of the Minorities'.
Reservation should not be given on the basis of religion .Reservation should be need based and should be given to economically weaker section of society to uplift them.
Is the Secular India We want? Think again? If it continues then the majority will become a minority in this country.
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