Ant & 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....
Ant & 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'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.
Star News, NDTV, Aaj Tak, 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 Grasshoppersberelocated to warmer climates during winter.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annancriticizes
the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights ofthe Grasshopper.
The Internet
is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper(many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance).
Opposition MPs stage
a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bharat Bandh' in West Bengaland Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala
immediately passes a law preventing Ants from workinghardin the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants andGrasshoppers.
Brinda Karat made controversial remarks
accusing Ants of violating labour laws
Lalu Prasad allocates
one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptlynamedas 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 retroactivetaxes,it's home is confiscated by the Governmentand handed over to theGrasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it 'ATriumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'SocialisticJustice '.
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
- 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in
- As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers,
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