Tribals in India, Why are diseases spreading?

This is a sincere doubt so please do not take any sarcastic meanings out of it, i want to know and if possible to make a difference.

There has been recent news of tribals and their ill health. We understand that they are far from medical help or any such facility, and i would perfectly understand if they had a slightly lesser life expectancy than normal urban citizens, considering that though they are away from medical attention, they are also away from many things that cause the need for medical attention. They live in unpolluted environs for one.But what is more worrying is the fact that they are not slightly unwell, but highly malnourished and suffering from many communicable diseases. Yes, it is true that they might be living in conditions less hygienic than us, but weren't their ancestors too living the same way? why is it now that people have suddenly started contracting these diseases? haven't they been living like that since time immemorial?I'd be grateful if someone could shed some light..

This question gains more significance now, because it is only when these people are happy and satisfied that we will be able to really help the wild animals too, if the local tribal people are unhappy and ill, they might bow down to financial pressures and wrongly use the forests resources and also kill wild animals ..

Ant and grasshopper with a desi touch

Disclaimer: this is not my work i read it somewhere and wanted to share it with the readers..

A nice story… (can any creative guy make atleast a cartoon of this movie)
Really a class analogy..

An Old Story:

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

Mayawati states this as `injustice’ done on Minorities.

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 MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ‘Bengal 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 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,

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As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
grasshoppers,
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India is still a developing country…!!!

THE INNER LIGHT...!

I'm longing to take flight
but my wings are stuck so tight
they wont budge till i fight
to reignite my inner light!

my light was once burning bright
but now it makes for a sore sight
spluttering and looking like its time has finally come by
but i will wake up and fight
to rekindle my inner light
i was once so great they say
like i've fallen into total dismay
but they'll soon know that the fall from praise
was just a wake up call from my soul to say
to my mind not to idly lay
oh yes i will fight till my inner light is blinding bright!
© Sireesh.Y ,2010