Worth Reading

 An Old Story:

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 criticize 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 and 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. 



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 loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the 



grasshoppers, 



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India is still a developing country…!!!