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.

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’.

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