Ants and the Grasshoppers

Hi,

 

I have no idea from whose creative mind this story has come out, but then it clearly represents the ‘current state’ of INDIA. Do think about it.

 

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.

 

 

New 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 & 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, BBC, CNN.

 

 

 

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 ,

 

 

 

...AND

 

 

 

As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the

 

Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country...!!