its interesting..

[saurabh gupta]

Hello..

Jus take some time to read this..its  interesting..


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 criticise 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...!!

NB : I just got it as a forward and have no idea whose creative mind this has come out from, but this piece is awesome. :D :D


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-Saurabh Gupta
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