The Ant & the Grasshopper
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.
Modern 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.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government
for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions to vote in favor of the
Grasshopper's cause.
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for "Bharat 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...
As a result of losing a lot of hard-working Ants and feeding the
Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country !!!
Howzzat!!
From India, Pune
72The 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.
Modern 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.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government
for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions to vote in favor of the
Grasshopper's cause.
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for "Bharat 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...
As a result of losing a lot of hard-working Ants and feeding the
Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country !!!
Howzzat!!
From India, Pune
Excellent post. This is true and happening in India for the last so many years. Regards, Subba Rao
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
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