>The main idea of the story, as anybody with common sense will
understand, is that people who are
incapable of making it to higher ups, cribs and point fingers at
those who have made it to higher ups .....and I do agree to this.
*** Okkkay! Let us begin here. Don't worry. I will give you your
answer, IF, by some chance, it does not become apparent to you,
fairly soon, from the exercises you will do, interactively. The
length of the exercises , will be dependent on your ABILITY or
WILLINGNESS to dig deeper, and in the process connect the dots that
will emerge from the excavation.
For reference, we will call the above 'the main idea according to
Krishendu' or MIAK for short.
BTW, if bystanders have other understandings of the piece's main
idea/s, very different or even little but nuanced different, feel
free to chime in. We will use them for reference .
( Here observers , who might not be familiar with the original
Aesop's fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper -- ATGH for short---,
might note that it was about working hard and SAVING for a RAINY
DAY).
Now then, from MIAK above, those with any commonsense ought to know
that the world is neatly divided into two camps: One of hardworking
achievers, the ANTS and the other being of the lazy, parasitic ,
cribbing ( complaining) non-achievers.
Would that be a reasonable interpretation here? Feel free to
correct me if I am reading you incorrectly.
However, I like to think I am on target. And therefore we will
proceed to the next exercise:
*** Therefore, from the litany of individuals and
institutions named in this desi-version of
the ATGH ( DATGH for short) , you should be able to point out
who falls into which group.
Let us identify these two groups as the hardworking ants
(HWA) and the lazy,cribbing lot
LCL)
So, please assign the appropriate labels below. To make it
easy I will give the
following example:
BBC,CNN, NDTV --- ( HWA ? or LCL? )
Arundhati Roy ---- ?
Medha Patkar ---- ?
Amnesty International --- ?
Kofi Annan ---- ?
Opposition MPs ----?
Governing party MPs ----?
West Begal Govt. ----?
Kerala Govt. ----?
Lallu Prasad Yadav ---?
POTAGA ---?
Arjun Singh ---?
*** Also since you brought in the following Assamnetter
personalities, what group
would they belong to:
Chandan Mahanta ----- ?
Jugal Kalita -----?
Krishendu Chakravarty-----?
Reasonable people might guess that there may not be many belonging to
the HWA group mentioned in the DATGH.
And since you AGREE with the main idea embedded in this DATGH, but
since the illustrious author of the piece did not give us any
example, other than one who left to Silicon valley to set up that
billlion dollar company, please provide us a few examples of who
might fit the HWA group well.
I hope you will agree, that it is VERY IMPORTANT to have those examples. So :
1: ----- ?
2: ----- ?
3: ----- ?
4: ----- ?
5: ----- ?
**** Assuming you don't abandon ship or run for the tall-grass at
this point, we should be able to zero in on your answers with just
one or two more exercises.
I am already excited!
At 4:18 PM -0700 7/2/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
C'da
I would not like to get into yet another lengthy
discussion. I will try to answer your questions but do
expect you will answer some of my questions too ---
The main idea of the story, as anybody with common
sense will understand, is that people who are
incapable of making it to higher ups, cribs and point
fingers at those who have made it to higher ups .....
and I do agree to this.
However, the reason of posting my questions for you
is NOT limited to this story.
You have frequently tried to point out that Indian
education system is dysfunctional. In many of your
postings you have portraied that all who goes to
IIT/IIM or get H1 or get a decent job, have an
affluent parent who earned money through illegel (or
unethical) means.
I know that many of the netters including you, Jugalda
who are very established in their own field have a
background which is more aligned to BK's third son.
Though my background is not that bad, it is pretty
close.
I would be interested to know HOW you made it to IIT
and later to USA?
How come the dysfunctional Indian education not stop
you from achiving this?
Why do you think Indian Education system is
dysfunctional?
In US, majority of students making it to top rank
Schools are from Private School. Does the US education
system also flawed so as not to allow BK's third son
to make it to top ?
Thanks
--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, here we go.
There will be no need to do resort to any twisting,
spinning,
proffering of feeble or disingenuous alibis or
other such evasive or
diversionary tactics.
We will do it real slow. I will ask the questions to
help you find
the answer yourself.
No interruption from bystanders please. Hold your
applause until K
gets the answer he is seeking. I will be pleased to
point it out for
those who might have difficulty recognizing it when
arrived at.
*** What is the main idea/s, the objective/s, of
that piece
ANT & GRASS HOPPER, as you
understand it/them?
*** Do you agree with them ? If not why?
Let us begin with the answer to these . Then we will
move on to the
next step/s, until we arrive at the sought after
answer/s, OK?
At 11:38 AM -0700 7/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
wrote:
>Please ..... we are eager for another of your
twist!
>
>
>--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately you are NOT using your head at all
K.
>> Think a little
>> harder. But if you still don't get it, let me
know.
>> I will explain.
>> It may not look too good on you, but at least
you
>> will learn.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 9:43 AM -0700 7/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
>> wrote:
>> >It proves the old saying .... "Churey Churor
Theng
>> >dekha pai" (A thief sees everybody as a
thief).
>> >Just because you went up the ladder using
unfair
>> >means, you now think that everybody uses unfair
>> means
>> >to go up the ladder.
>> >
>> >C'da, May I request you to show a little more
>> respect
>> >to others before making such blanket statements
>> that
>> >all who have gone up the ladder have used
unfair
>> >means.
>> >Just remove your India Bashing glasses and you
can
>> see
>> >many "ants" like us.
>> >
>> >
>> >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Let us assume that I went to an elite
school.
>> That
>> >> my fees were paid
>> >> for by bribes taken by my guardians in high
>> govt.
>> >> positions. That I
>> >> was driven to school by policemen in uniform
and
>> >> back. And I got
>> >> private tuition for IIT entrance exams from
>> class VI
>> >> onwards.
>> >>
>> >> What would that prove?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 1:50 PM -0700 6/30/07, Krishnendu
Chakraborty
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >C'da
>> >> >
>> >> >Wonder How much fees you paid for enjoying
your
>> >> life
>> >> >in St Louis :)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>>>>who attend schools with Christian
saints'
>> names
>> >> >paying huge fees, go to IITs and IIMs and
>> AIIMs,
>> >> get
>> >> >H1B visas and go to enjoy their hard-won
>> fortunes
>> >> in
>> >> >the west, or at the very least enjoy the
good
>> life
>> >> at
>> >> >Gurgaon .
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
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