What is wrong with us?
1. Instead of working towards competency building among the suffering groups, reservation creates contempt among the members of non-reserved class. In the process, the growth of reserved class either remains stand still or slows down.
2. So called grasshoppers are nothing but political or money making (under the garb of NGO or Unions) outfits using coercion resulting in ants ( those who are working hard to earn their bread as well as add to well-being of the community, be it middle or poor class)loose motivation or they look for the opportunity where they will not face this uncomfortable situation.
Regards
Virendra Goel
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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Fwd: A Short Story (Must Read)
Dear colleagues,
I read this story; it is neither interesting nor a narrative of sociological landscape of India. It is on entitlements based on caste and class. I am amazed by the way in which we describe ourselves. Are we really ants? In the given story I presume ants mean the middle class. Do we really work so hard and save so that the grasshoppers just dance and then claim the true entitlements of the arts? I think we are far from truth. The story is most insensitive towards poorer sections of the society who are denied opportunities just because they are born in a caste or class.
If anyone thinks that the activists and communist party works for singing grasshoppers, it is really sad. Probably Lalu may be an exception for working for himself.
I wish you go through the report given by the following researchers on the effect of caste on performance. Mere mention of caste in the class room has reduced performance of low caste students significantly. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/NewVersionHoffPandeymakinguppeoplethebehavioraleffectsofcastetext.pdf
From the research I quote I"n our experiment, junior high school boys drawn from either the top of the caste hierarchy (the ―General Castes) or bottom (the Dalits) solve mazes under incentives under one of three conditions.1 In the first condition, caste identity, which is not visible from physical markings, is not made public in a session of three high-caste and three low-caste boys; we call this condition ―Caste Not Revealed.‖ In the second condition, caste identity is made public in a session consisting of three high-caste and three low-caste boys; we call this condition ―Revealed Mixed.‖ The last condition is the same as the second except that a session consists of only high-caste boys or only low-caste boys; we call this condition ―Revealed Segregated.‖ Revealed Segregated is a stronger prime to the caste system than Revealed Mixed because participants would likely have been aware that the composition of their session reflected deliberate segregation by caste status. This is so because participants were brought to the experiment site in groups with an equal number of high-caste and low-caste boys. Moreover, given their share in the population of enrolled schoolchildren, the probability that segregation of high- and low-caste students could result from a random draw of the local population of students is very small (less than (0.2)6 = 0.00006). As discussed above, enforced segregation of low-caste from high caste individuals is a recognizable expression of high-caste dominance.
I think the following research report on board compositions in India is another example of stratification of Indian business sociological landscape from Economic and Political Weekly.
In fact is if appropriate ecosystem is designed for the students everyone will perform; Ants will work and dance and grasshoppers dance and work.
In reality both the ants and grasshoppers in India are suffering due to poor design of learning environment.
Here is an excellent article by Professor Karthik Muralidharan; PISA scores ranked India the lowest (73/74) . We may not agree with the finding, but let us think, what went wrong with our system of education.
I think we no more need to distinguish between ants and grasshoppers to know who is entitled for what; just work towards your countrymen and women and the world will reward you; none can take away you merit- Swami Vivekananda. I think we should not forget this is land of Mahatma, Buddha and Vivekananda who examined themselves and society most critically and created a philosophy unparalleled in the history of the world.
With warm regards
Dr.K.Prabhakar
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:07 PM, drjaganmohanreddy <drjaganmohanreddy@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with Xavier Sir.
Ours is a vast country with lot of scope for developing the people.
Lets take the case of Sri Gumansingh of Barefoot village who is training illiterate grandmothers in assembling solar light equipment in Rsjadthan . And I understand many oppressed/suppressed people from other countries as well got benefitted.
Thanks to the Almighty there is enough for everyone (may not be enough to the greedy) and hence lets all work together in widening the gainful employment opportunities to the youngsters so that they grow and our GDP also grows.
It is rightly said that coming together is beginning , being together is progress and working together is success. So as Xavier Sir rigjtly exhorted, lets move in the direction of making a difference to the people around us by creating opportunities.
DrAJagan Mohan Reddy
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From: MJ Xavier <mjxavier@iimranchi.ac.in>
Date: 23/04/2013 09:18 (GMT+05:30)
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Fwd: A Short Story (Must Read)
The story is well crafted. But I am not sure whether the conclusions are valid. If I take the case of my village Kamanayakanpatti (en . Wikipedia.org/ Wiki/Kamanayakanpatti) I find that the grasshoppers are doing well.
I belong to the landed class (ants category) and the grasshoppers lived in a segregated colony. 30 years back, they were poor, ugly and untouchable. They lived in huts and had a separate well for drinking water. Even in the church there was segregation. They could not sit next to us and pray.
Thanks to the reservation, they studied and are in many government jobs. The second generation children study engineering and medicine and a few of them are in the US too. They have built huge houses. They look prettier than our people. Their colony looks better than ours.
I do not find them any inferior to any of us. Given the opportunities everybody can come up in life.
My feeling is that we should get out of the shortage mentality. This country has enough and more for everybody. Let us create more opportunities.
M J Xavier
Director - IIM Ranchi
Good one Dr.Gopal.
But that is not the only reason, why we leave India.
Best regards,
Dr.Latha Krishnadas Mazumder
University Professor
Abu Dhabi
UAE
On 22/04/2013, Ramamirtham Gopal <rgopaldoctor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just recd this from my colleague.
> reason why people migrate to other countries
> thanks
> prof.dr.r.gopal
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> From: Dr Siva S <drsiva0808@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM
> Subject: A Short Story (Must Read)
> To: Dr Siva S <drsiva0808@gmail.com>
>
>
> *Here is an old story retold in an Indian version . . . .
> *
> *An Old 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. *
> * *
> * *
> *Indian 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 fasts along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
> Grasshoppers be*
> *relocated to warmer climates during winter
> Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.*
> *
>
> Amnesty International and Ban Ki-moon 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) .*
> *
>
> Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal 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.*
> *
> Railway minister 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.*
> *
>
> Kapil Sibal 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 '*
> *
> Ban Ki-moon 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,
> **
> ......AND*
> *
> As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
> grasshoppers,
> *
> *India is still a developing country…!!!
> Have a great week
> *
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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