Re: [nukkad] Fwd: FANTASTIC :

This story has been written by the Ant.

The Grasshopper's story could be that the Ants - armed with its stingy
bites - prevented the Grasshopper from accessing his rightful share.
Whenever the Grasshopper tried to get a share of the available food
supply, the Ants scared him away and his rightful share was also
appropriated by the Ants.

Thankfully, some Ants felt guilty about the plight of the Grasshopper,
and tried to give the Grasshoppers their legitimate share of the
resources. Still controlling the information domain, the Ants
constantly tries to ridicule their kin who are trying to help the
Grasshoppers.

To me, the grasshoppers story seems to be more believable. The Ants
story is one of arrogance of the one who, having commandeered all the
resources for himself, detests others staking claim on their
legitimate share.

Venu

On 3/12/08, Rohit Mansukhlal  wrote:
>  *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**, 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 *and *Tan Shyamoli* 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 loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers, *
> India** is still a developing country!!!*
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