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Ant & Grasshopper_Indian Version

Ant & Grasshopper
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 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.
BJP wants Sonia Gandhi’s apology.
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 working Ants and feeding the
Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country!!!

मानवाचे अंती एक गोत्र

मिसिसिपीमध्ये मिसळू दे गंगा;
-हाईनमध्ये 'नंगा' करो स्नान.
सिंधुसाठी झुरो आमेझान थोर'
कांगो बंडखोर टेम्स साठी
नाईलच्या काठी 'रॉकी' करो संध्या;
संस्कृती अन वंध्या नष्ट होवो.
व्होल्गाचे ते पाणि वाहू दे गंगेत
लाभो निग्रो रेत पांढरीला
माझा हिमाचल धरो अतंर्पट
लग्नासाठी भट वेद्द्रष्टा!
रक्तारक्तातील कोसळोत भिंती
मानवाचे अंती एक गोत्र
छप्पन भाषांचा केलासे गौरव
तोची ज्ञानदेव जन्मा येवो.
जागृतांनो फेका प्राणांच्या अक्षता
ऐसा योग आता पुन्हा नाही!

तुकोबा अणि शेक्सस्पिअर

आत्मष्टाकम - शिवोहम

शिवोहम, शिवोहम

मनो बुध्यहंकार चिता निनाहम,
न च श्रोत्र जिह्वे न च ग्राना नेत्रे,
न च व्योमा भूमि न तेजो न वायुह,
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)

न च प्राण संग्नो न वै पंच वायुह,
न वा सप्त धातु न व पंच कोशः,
न वाक पानी पदम् न चोपस्ता पयुह ,
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)

न में द्वेष राघोऊ न में लोभ मोह,
माधो नैव में नैव मात्सर्य भवः,
न धर्मो न च अर्थ न कामो न मोक्ष,
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)

न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुखम,
न मंत्रो न तीर्थं न वेदा न यग्न,
अहम् भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता,
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)

न मृत्यु न शंका न में जाती भेदो,
पीता नैव में नैव माता न जन्मो,
न बंधु न मित्रं गुरुर नैव सिश्यो,
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)

अहम् नीर्वी कल्पो निराकार रूपों,
विभुत्वाच सर्वत्र सर्वेंद्रियानाम,
न च संगतम नैव मुक्ति न मेयः
चिदानंद रूपह शिवोहम, शिवोहम (२)


शिवोहम, शिवोहम, शिवोहम, शिवोहम 




Neither am I mind, nor intelligence,
Nor ego, nor thought,
Nor am I ears or the tongue or the nose or the eyes,
Nor am I earth or sky or air or the light,
But I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva.

Neither am I the movement due to life,
Nor am I the five airs, nor am I the seven elements,
Nor am I the five internal organs,
Nor am I voice or hands or feet or other organs,
But I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva


I never do have enmity or friendship,
Neither do I have vigor nor feeling of competition,
Neither do I have assets, or money or passion or salvation,
But I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva

Never do I have good deeds or sins or pleasure or sorrow,
Neither do I have holy chants or holy water or holy books or fire sacrifice,
I am neither food nor the consumer who consumes food,
As I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva


I do not have death or doubts or distinction of caste,
I do not have either father or mother or even birth,
And I do not have relations or friends or teacher or students,
As I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva


I am one without doubts, I am without form,
Due to knowledge I do not have any relation with my organs,
And I am always redeemed,
And I am Shiva the all pervading happiness,
Yes, I am definitely Shiva