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Ants and Grasshoppers

Posted in Personal with tags , , , , on June 7, 2008 by timestamps

Forwards are annoying and worthless but there are a few which are worth reading so i have posted one such here… Enjoy

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.

Now , look at the Modern 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 stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor
Grasshopper allowed suffering 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; 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 ‘

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 …

Because of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country!!!

In spite of being funny , this one seems to convey a very powerful message to everyone and i believe that reservations are a main cause for the slow development of the nation. The alternatives could be reservation based on economic factors or alike. Though the implementation seems to be tough one in a overly populated country like ours , it is the only way to escape from reservation preventing the growth.

P.S : I hate RESERVATIONS… At least because i haven enjoyed it . lol