Forwarding a mail. >Though it is meant for fun, it is really a food for our thoughts > >> > >> > >> >> >> >>> >>>OLD 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 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 , TV9, 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 and Tan Shyamoli goes on a fast along with other >>>Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates >>>during >>>winter. >>> >>>Amnesty International criticizes 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 "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; fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left >>>to 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 ' >>> >>>UN Secretary General 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 ..... >>> >>>because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the >>>Grasshoppers, >>>India is still a developing country!!! >>>-- >>> >> >
