A Work of Boredom
“What do you want dear Vatsa?” The voice had a mythological serial like feel to it.
“Who is this?” I asked as I opened my eyes.
“Well I am not very sure of the grammar you used. But then the English grammar has defied all the logics with which I created this world. It must have been an anomaly and I can not change the codes now to rectify it.”
“Who are you? And where are you? And what rubbish are you talking?”
“Well again I do not see the need of two Ands in the sentences you spoke. Anyhow to answer your questions- I am God. You can not see me because I am God and you are human and hence you do not have the privileged access to view my image in this dimension. To answer your third question” and I suddenly felt a tight slap on my face before I heard these lines “You do not talk disrespectfully to God. I was introspecting on my design of this world when you disrupted my thought process. And to make it worse you labeled the entire thought process as rubbish.”
“Sorry God. I would not have used such unparliamentarily language had I known of your presence. I am sorry for that.”
“Don’t give me ‘less’ arguments. Haven’t you been taught that I am present everywhere? But this is not entirely your fault. Your generation is influenced by your leaders when it comes to languages. It is the harm of watching news channels instead of reading literary works of geniuses.”
“Well, it is not entirely true. I have read Harry Potter and am impressed by the series. I have even read Archie and Hardy Boys. I do follow literary work.”
“Well, I am not here to argue with you. I do not have time for such things. I will proceed as per planned. I am here to grant you your wish.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“But why? I mean that what made you take this decision?”
“Nothing. You are the winner of lucky draw of last week. It is just your luck.”
“Lucky draw?”
“Well, there was an age when people use to do ‘Tapasya’ to get their wish fulfilled. It was fun for me. Since that tradition has long been forgotten, I introduced the concept of lucky draw to ensure that I have the pleasure of granting wishes of people.”
“Very well. What do I need to do for this wish to be granted?”
“Just spell it out.”
“I do not want to work in office. They just load me with tonnes of bullshit work and I do not have the time to enjoy my personal life. I slog for more than 14 hours everyday for nothing.”
“Are you sure of this? Lock kar diya jaye?”
“Sure. Please also make sure that my boss does not notice my existence and does not come near my place anytime.”
“Agreed. Your wish is granted. From tomorrow onwards, no work will be assigned to you. Live happily Vatsa.”
That was yesterday. God granted me my wish. I have got no work today and I am frustrated sitting idle. I should have asked for a better distribution of work than asking for no work. I think my parents were right when they taught me not to run away from work and duties. “Never ever wish to have no work. Right kind of work gives direction to life.”
“Who is this?” I asked as I opened my eyes.
“Well I am not very sure of the grammar you used. But then the English grammar has defied all the logics with which I created this world. It must have been an anomaly and I can not change the codes now to rectify it.”
“Who are you? And where are you? And what rubbish are you talking?”
“Well again I do not see the need of two Ands in the sentences you spoke. Anyhow to answer your questions- I am God. You can not see me because I am God and you are human and hence you do not have the privileged access to view my image in this dimension. To answer your third question” and I suddenly felt a tight slap on my face before I heard these lines “You do not talk disrespectfully to God. I was introspecting on my design of this world when you disrupted my thought process. And to make it worse you labeled the entire thought process as rubbish.”
“Sorry God. I would not have used such unparliamentarily language had I known of your presence. I am sorry for that.”
“Don’t give me ‘less’ arguments. Haven’t you been taught that I am present everywhere? But this is not entirely your fault. Your generation is influenced by your leaders when it comes to languages. It is the harm of watching news channels instead of reading literary works of geniuses.”
“Well, it is not entirely true. I have read Harry Potter and am impressed by the series. I have even read Archie and Hardy Boys. I do follow literary work.”
“Well, I am not here to argue with you. I do not have time for such things. I will proceed as per planned. I am here to grant you your wish.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“But why? I mean that what made you take this decision?”
“Nothing. You are the winner of lucky draw of last week. It is just your luck.”
“Lucky draw?”
“Well, there was an age when people use to do ‘Tapasya’ to get their wish fulfilled. It was fun for me. Since that tradition has long been forgotten, I introduced the concept of lucky draw to ensure that I have the pleasure of granting wishes of people.”
“Very well. What do I need to do for this wish to be granted?”
“Just spell it out.”
“I do not want to work in office. They just load me with tonnes of bullshit work and I do not have the time to enjoy my personal life. I slog for more than 14 hours everyday for nothing.”
“Are you sure of this? Lock kar diya jaye?”
“Sure. Please also make sure that my boss does not notice my existence and does not come near my place anytime.”
“Agreed. Your wish is granted. From tomorrow onwards, no work will be assigned to you. Live happily Vatsa.”
That was yesterday. God granted me my wish. I have got no work today and I am frustrated sitting idle. I should have asked for a better distribution of work than asking for no work. I think my parents were right when they taught me not to run away from work and duties. “Never ever wish to have no work. Right kind of work gives direction to life.”
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and still get bored :)