The ant and the grasshopper!

I got this in a fwd mail. Its so damn true and i hade to paste it here. Enjoy!




OLD VERSION...*

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summerlong building his houseand laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopperthinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Comewinter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food orshelter so he dies out inthe cold.

*MODERN VERSION*

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summerlong, building his houseand laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopperthinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Comewinter, the shiveringgrasshopper calls a press conference and demands toknow why the ant shouldbe allowed to be warm and well fed while others arecold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of theshivering grasshopper nextto a video of the ant in his comfortable home with atable filled with food.The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How canthis be that this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of theant's house. MedhaPatkar goes on a fast along with other grasshoppersdemanding thatgrasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates duringwinter. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the IndianGovernment for notupholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper.The Internet is floodedwith online petitions seeking support to thegrasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support asagainst the wrath of Godfor non-compliance). Opposition MP's stage awalkout.Left parties call for"Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding aJudicial Enquiry.CPM inKerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants fromworking hard in theheat so as to bring about equality of poverty amongants and grasshoppers.Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshopperson all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Preventionof Terrorism AgainstGrasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from thebeginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for GrassHopper in educationalInsititutions & in Govt Services.The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGAand, having nothing leftto pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscatedby the Government and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony coveredby NDTV.Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice". Lalucalls it 'SocialisticJustice'. CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgenceof the downtrodden' Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UNGeneral Assembly. *Many years later...The ant has since migrated to theUS and set up a multibillion dollar company in silicon valley.100s ofgrasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India**... **As a result loosing lot of hard working ants andfeeding the grasshoppersIndia is still a developing country......*