Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Ant & GrasshopperThe Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its houseand laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fooland 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 VersionThe Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its houseand 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 demandsto know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while othersare cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshoppernext to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filledwith food. The World stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poorGrasshopper allowed suffering so? Arundhati Roy stagesa demonstration in front of the Ant ' s house .Medha Patkar goeson a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers berelocated to warmer climates during winter. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Governmentfor not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support tothe Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for promptsupport as against the wrath of God for non-compliance). Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for "BharatBandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hardin the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers..Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all IndianRailway Trains, aptly named as the ' Grasshopper Rath ' .Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of TerrorismAgainst Grasshoppers Act ' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginningof the winter.Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers inEducational Institutions & in Government Services.The Ant; fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing leftto pay his retroactive taxes; its home is confiscated by the Governmentand 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 laterThe Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollarcompany in Silicon Valley .100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewherein India ... because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers,India is still a developing country!!! Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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