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, 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.
Amnesty International and
Koffi Annan
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 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 ....
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country
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The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in
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And it was then the second great depression started.Ants multi million dollar company lost all its business and became bankrupt. He came back to India. BBc CNBC NDTV .. all chanels broadcasted his pathetic story and government offered immediate relief plan for him and gave all assistance to start his company in India .
CPI (M) said they had predicted it few years back and gave valuable advice to Ant on managing the labor force without exploiting them.
Everyone stood behind him and Ants company started to flourish again.
Back in America situation was not changed .. Lot of companies were closed and the number of unemployed increased. It couldn't never recover from the recession and That was the end of.....