ANT AND GRASSHOPPER

U.S VERSION

Ant & Grasshopper :

The 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 fool and laughs & dances & plays thesummer away.

Come winter ,the Ant is warm and well fed.

The Grasshopper has no foodor shelter so he dies out in the cold.

INDIAN Version:

The 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 & playsthe summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference anddemands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fedwhile others are cold and starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shiveringGrasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with atable filled with food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be that thispoor 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 demandingthat Grasshoppers be relocated 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 to theGrasshopper (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 'Bharat Bandh'in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from workinghard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Antsand Grasshoppers.

BJP wants Sonia Gandhi's apology.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 beginning ofthe winter.

Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers inEducational Institutions & in Government Services.

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothingleft to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by theGovernment and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered byNDTV.

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 dollarcompany in Silicon Valley ..

100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservationsomewhere in India ....

As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding theGrasshoppers,

India is still a developing country!!!