Saturday, September 28, 2019
Ant and Grasshopper
Subject: Ant And Grasshoper (Must Read) The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summerà building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs à dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopperà has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. *Indian Version:**à The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summerà building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ants a fool and laughsà dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a pressà conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warmà and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shiveringà Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a tableà filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this beà that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ants house. * Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppersdemanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Mayawati states this as `injustice done on Minorities. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the IndianGovernment for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper. The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to theGrasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peaceà for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) . Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call forà Bengal Bandh in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants fromà working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants andà Grasshoppers. Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railwayà Trains, aptly named as the Grasshopper Rath. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Againstà Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for Grasshoppers in Educationalà Institutions in Government Services. The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing leftto pay his retroactive taxes, its 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. **à Many years later. **à 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 loosing lot of hard working Ants and feedingà the grasshoppers,à India is still a developing country. |
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