An 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 and dances and 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 and dances and 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 the Grasshoppers be          relocated to warmer climates during winter.
Amnesty International and Kofi Annan criticize          the Indian Government for not upholding the          fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.The Internet is flooded with online petitions          seeking support for 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 and in          Government Services.
Arundhati Roy calls it 'a Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'.
CPM calls it the 'Revolutionary Resurgence of          the Downtrodden'.
Kofi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address          the UN General Assembly.
Many years later...
The Ant has since migrated to another country          and set up a multi-billion dollar company,1000s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation          despite reservation somewhere in India,
And
As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants          and feeding the grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country…!!!
Now the Big Question ....?
Can we change the          system? India is making good progress in spite          of the grasshoppers and their sympathizers with          a few ants that remain but we can accelerate          it’s growth tremendously if we weed out the          grasshopper sympathizers and their grasshoppers          from among us.
        
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