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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Corporates & Profiteers, JAI HO!
Two tales in our changing times
By Willy D'Costa
"The Crow and the Pitcher"
by Æsop
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
But those were the olden times when water was not sold! Times have changed and even crows today are not exempted from the web of finance capitalism!!
"Another tale"
There was a man on the death-bed who had two sons, Jay and John. He summoned them and said: ‘Sons, as I may not survive much, please divide my property equally and live amicably happily.’
When he died, they divided all the property between them, except a cow. Remembering father's advice to live harmoniously, the elder John told Jai: “We cannot divide this cow - so I suggest you take care of the front side of the cow and I will take care of the rear side."
Jai agreed and he got busy feeding the cow with water and fodder, while John prospered milking the cow, taking the cow-dung manure and humming 'Jai Ho!'.
That's known as PPP:
The public (Jai) slog and pay from their nose while the private (John) only loot.
SAY NO to Public Private Partnership
Privatisation of natural resources – NO! NO!
Corporates & Profiteers, JAI HO!
Two tales in our changing times
By Willy D'Costa
"The Crow and the Pitcher"
by Æsop
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.But those were the olden times when water was not sold! Times have changed and even crows today are not exempted from the web of finance capitalism!!
"Another tale"
There was a man on the death-bed who had two sons, Jay and John. He summoned them and said: ‘Sons, as I may not survive much, please divide my property equally and live amicably happily.’ When he died, they divided all the property between them, except a cow. Remembering father's advice to live harmoniously, the elder John told Jai: “We cannot divide this cow - so I suggest you take care of the front side of the cow and I will take care of the rear side."
Jai agreed and he got busy feeding the cow with water and fodder, while John prospered milking the cow, taking the cow-dung manure and humming 'Jai Ho!'. That's known as PPP:
The public (Jai) slog and pay from their nose while the private (John) only loot.
SAY NO to Public Private Partnership
Privatisation of natural resources – NO! NO!
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