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The new India – courtsey Mugdha

April 6, 2007 at 14:48 · Filed under Interesting

Old Version:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant’s a fool, 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.

New Version:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant’s a fool, 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 Kofi 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 MP’s 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 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 grasshopper in educational institutions & in Govt services. The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his 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’

Kofi 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, all over India. As the result of loosing a lot of hard working ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country.

Can any one dare to change India?

2 Comments »

  laxmi wrote @ April 12, 2007 at 09:38

hi!!
wt do u mean by ??can anyone dare to change india.
why cant every one dare to change india for the best..its no a one mans job.
i know i sound hypo .butwt the harm in try to bring the best like the “Ants”.

  namar lapog wrote @ April 13, 2007 at 03:15

No harm..but just learn to do the best for your sake. No point thinking about the country. Think for yourself only.


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