Indian Government launches first robotic probe to explore the poor

 

Explaining the necessity for his country's  first probe to the poor, Prime Minister Singh said:  “The

poor have always been with us, and if the Indian political classes have their way, always will be, but there is so much we need to learn about the poor- Can we, for instance, feed them dirt and still get them to vote for us?, will they be contributing to our next election campaign? Can we grind them up and extract metals from them?.  These are the important questions this rocket will help answer.“

In a related development, international donors to India were impressed by the hundreds of millions of dollars India is now spending on lunar exploration, instead of nuclear weapons.  Nuclear war with Pakistan is considered unfashionable among the Delhi elite this year.

A illiterate, semi starved, subsistence farmer commented: “I feel so proud to be part of this wonderful country.  I’d rather have prestige than food or education any day.  Did you hear the next project is to send a manned mission to the poor? I'm so proud!"