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a class analogy..
The Old Story:
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.
An 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'. |