THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPERSTORY - OLD VERSION------------------------------The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building hishouse and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinksthe 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 in the cold.STORY - MODERN VERSION------------------------------------The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building hishouse and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinksthe ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference anddemands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fedwhile others are cold and starving.NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shiveringgrasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with atable filled with food.The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that thispoor 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 demandingthat grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Governmentfor not upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper. TheInternet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to thegrasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for promptsupport as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) . OppositionMP's stage a walkout.Left parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in WestBengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.CPM in Keralaimmediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heatso as to bring about equality of poverty among ants and grasshoppers.Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all IndianRailway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of TerrorismAgainst Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning ofthe winter.Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for Grass Hopper in educationalInsititutions & in Govt Services.The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having nothingleft to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by theGovernment and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony covered byNDTV.Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice". Lalu calls itSocialistic Justice'. CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence ofthe downtrodden' Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UNGeneral Assembly.Many years later...The ant has since migrated to the US and set up amulti billion dollar company in silicon valley.100s of grasshoppersstill die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India..