A Good Read Thread : #Repost #Amnesty
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER:
THE US VERSION
Ant & Grasshopper :
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, India TV, Aaj Tak 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 hunger strike along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.
Amnesty International criticizes the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper.
The Congress stages a walkout in Parliament and demands an apology from PM Modi
Arvind Kejriwal & Co calls press conferences & makes a big noise
Left parties call for a "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
TMC in West Bengal immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality
of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the 'Prevention of terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter.
Akhilesh Yadav makes 'Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers in UP Educational
Institutions & in Government Services.
NGO's turn up at landmark places with candles to protest against this disparity
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.
Arundhati Roy calls it 'A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu-Mulayam call it 'Socialistic Justice'.
CPM calls it the 'Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden'.
The Grasshopper is invited to address the UN General Assembly.
Years later...
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 facilities somewhere in India ..
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants & feeding the Grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country!!!
#Hypothesis
Whomsoever has written this did give food for thought 🌷🔥
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