The Grasshopper Story

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.

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, 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 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 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. 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 Grass Hopper in educational Insititutions & 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'. 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 loosing lot of hard working ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country..... .

Can any one dare to bring India out of this clutches...

A Hilarious Video!!!

This was a video shot probably unknowingly to everyone by the geek Srini. Gives a hilarious 2 min break. All the leg pulling of our dear Benne is just for fun!

Great job guys keep up the spirits and more parties to come like these.

Enjoy Maadi

Appraisal Time!!!

Here its again, that time of the year when every small thing you did over the last 12 months makes you feel that you achieved a lot, however on the contrary the same stuff is upheld as a mistake or rather an **inefficient way** of doing the same thing, or even worse, a Mr X would have done it better. Thats the irony of life, the irony of achievements. Anyways thats how life is. No regrets, I was the one who chose to live this way.

This year is quite different. Different in many ways cos it'll be the first timeI will be appraised for something that was not set as a goal in the first place. Yes, you read that right. There was no Goals this year. So I will need to be appraised w/o goals. Whatever I tell i did will be a goal. Maybe this what we call reverse-engineering :) However had this weird thought too that the other side of the argument may be that I dint do anything at all. I guess thats why someone said documenting something as a proof is very important. Anyways God Bless Me. Hope I get some good amount of cash to take home from this year. Not that I earn peanuts now, its human nature u see :)

Thats it for now. Oh by the way if you are still wondering, I have achieved a lot this year, no way that the other person can deny it. 397 tickets in an year is not a joke u see...

But still some corner of mind I feel Business was a better option for me. I am my own appraiser there!!!

Good Bye, Chow

My Photography Skills

A Reason, A Season or a Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Commercialization at its heights

Had been to the Tirupathi over the weekend. All my life I have been taught that offering prayers are free. If one gets to see the politics there, its a pity. A simple example is if a person buys the normal 50/- ticket he has to wait for 24 hrs to get the Lords darshan (very much acceptable given the number of devotees pouring in). However another guy comes there with a letter from some MLA and dashes into the temple and finishes his darshan within minutes. I do not understand this discrimination. Do we need to be influential with mortals to get a chance to see GOD?

High time to ponder over this...

A New Begining

Off to a new start from today. Trying my hands on learning XI. Hope to be a Dev Consultant some day in the near future.

Also off tonight to have a darshan of Lord Venkateswara.

Edukundalawada Govinda Govinda!!!

Happy New Year 2007

A Happy New Year to one and all!!!

2006 - A Recall

Just thought of going down the memory lane for 2006 and penning the same.

Had a great Year. What more can anyone ask when I had 6 trips this year. First to Kodai then Cochin, Bandipur, AaneGudda, North and Kemmanagundi. However there were a lot of upsets too on the professional side, however part of the game!!!! Hope they materialize in 2007.

Then had a surgery too in august. Again all in the game. Now all set and back to sports.

2006 also was a year when I learnt a whole lotta lessons. Made a huge number of friends. Met quite a lot of people who have made a difference in my life.

Just want to thank all those people who have stood by me and tolerated all my crap and helped me through all my tough times.

Starting the year on a fresh note and hope it brings lots of exiting events.

A Happy New Year to all the Readers.

Let the beer flow!!!!