long ago...long long ago...
nobody knows how long ago...
this happened...at least in panchatantra or jataka tales...
there was a benevolent king, whose name is not of concern.
once, during his kingdom tour, in mufti, he noticed that some poor and cripples were begging for alms in front of a temple. after all, benevolent he was...he introduced a scheme where lunch and dinner was free and nobody would go hungry in his kingdom again...the smart prime minister opposed it and hence was given pink slip...day by day, number of blessings showered on king increased ( to be read as number of lazy bugs binging on free food increased) and even the kings army suffered from lots of free food...
it is but natural for any country / kingdom to have a traitor, this kingdom also had. the news that army was fat and weak reached the enemy king and he planned an attack...
the benevolent king was shocked at the state of his army and none of his ministers could give an idea to save the kingdom. so, the minister who was given pink slip was summoned...
he took innumerable banana leaves, smeared them with food and got them dumped in front of city gates.
the enemy king mistook that these leaves were from the army and thought his army would be outnumbered easily and took to his heels...
All is well that ends well...
but then, map the characters in this story to the characters running our country today...
to my knowledge, nobody is capable of mapping themselves to the wise ministers role...
the poor are being helped by giving them rice at rs 1 / a kilo, no doubt... but, has anyone thought what could be the repercussions of this ? in my view,
people (labourers/poor) are given free food in this country ...
why do we study ? work ? to earn...why earn ? to feed...
if feeding is met, then why work ? in a few days time, nobody will be available for labour. why should they work ? their food needs are met!
now, agriculture is labour intensive... with no labourers, agricultural productivity of this country will go down...
and then, how on earth, will these benevolent KINGS provide rice / wheat at Rs 1 a kilo ?
answer is already out there...
either this :
Sir, am from a very poor country called India...could you give alms ?
or
mortgage the country!
jai hind
nobody knows how long ago...
this happened...at least in panchatantra or jataka tales...
there was a benevolent king, whose name is not of concern.
once, during his kingdom tour, in mufti, he noticed that some poor and cripples were begging for alms in front of a temple. after all, benevolent he was...he introduced a scheme where lunch and dinner was free and nobody would go hungry in his kingdom again...the smart prime minister opposed it and hence was given pink slip...day by day, number of blessings showered on king increased ( to be read as number of lazy bugs binging on free food increased) and even the kings army suffered from lots of free food...
it is but natural for any country / kingdom to have a traitor, this kingdom also had. the news that army was fat and weak reached the enemy king and he planned an attack...
the benevolent king was shocked at the state of his army and none of his ministers could give an idea to save the kingdom. so, the minister who was given pink slip was summoned...
he took innumerable banana leaves, smeared them with food and got them dumped in front of city gates.
the enemy king mistook that these leaves were from the army and thought his army would be outnumbered easily and took to his heels...
All is well that ends well...
but then, map the characters in this story to the characters running our country today...
to my knowledge, nobody is capable of mapping themselves to the wise ministers role...
the poor are being helped by giving them rice at rs 1 / a kilo, no doubt... but, has anyone thought what could be the repercussions of this ? in my view,
people (labourers/poor) are given free food in this country ...
why do we study ? work ? to earn...why earn ? to feed...
if feeding is met, then why work ? in a few days time, nobody will be available for labour. why should they work ? their food needs are met!
now, agriculture is labour intensive... with no labourers, agricultural productivity of this country will go down...
and then, how on earth, will these benevolent KINGS provide rice / wheat at Rs 1 a kilo ?
answer is already out there...
either this :
Sir, am from a very poor country called India...could you give alms ?
or
mortgage the country!
jai hind
