The Ant and the Grasshopper, new version

Old Story:
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> 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
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> well fed. The Grasshopper
> has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
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> New Indian Version:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this
> poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
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> Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
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> Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
> Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.
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> Mayawati states this as 'injustice' done to Minorities.
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> Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government
> for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
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> The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the
> Grasshopper (many promising
> Heaven & Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God
> for non-compliance).
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> Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in West
> Bengal and Kerala, demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
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> 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.
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> Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway
> Trains aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
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> Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the 'Prevention of Terrorism
> Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA] , with effect from
> the beginning of the winter..
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> Arjun Singh makes
> 'Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions in
> Government Services.
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> 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, BBC, CNN.
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> Arundhati Roy calls
> it 'A Triumph of Justice'.
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> Lalu calls it
> 'Socialistic Justice'.
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> CPM calls it the
> 'Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden'
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> Koffi Annan invites
> the Grasshopper
> to address the UN General Assembly.
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> Many years later...
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> 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 ,
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> ....AND
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> As a result of
losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country...!!