The kid walked up to the shop, rested his palms on the counter and pulled himself upwards as his soles were lifted off the ground.
"Can I have God?", the little boy asked the shopkeeper.
"Ya, but which one?"
"As in?"
"We have Gods in colours - orange, green, blue and white.. which one do you want?", the shopkeeper replied.
"Can I have them all?"
"No! You must choose what you want! You can't have a group of Gods. In fact, if you buy the God of one colour, you have to fight with everyone who has a God of another colour."
"But why?", the kid asked inquisitively.
"That's how it is!"
"Do these Gods fight with each other too?", the kid asked, "If the colours of these Gods are different, is the colour of their followers different too?"
"Uhmmm...", the shopkeeper fumbled.
"We are all made of flesh and blood, aren't we?!", the kid asked.
"The Gods are within all of us, child", a spiritually enlightened person came there.
"Is that why more Gods are required, Sir?", the kid asked him.
"In fact, all of us have an element of God within us.", the person said.
"The number of people in the world is increasing so much. If there's God within all of us, why is the 'God'ness of the world reducing so much, Sir?", the kid asked again.
The person had no answer...
"Hey! You want God, buy God.. otherwise leave!", the shopkeeper interrupted. He couldn't have two people talking to each other at his counter.
"Give me a God that is transparent. A God that has no colour, sees no colour. If you have such a God, I'll have him. Else, I am fine...", the kid walked off the shop...
"Can I have God?", the little boy asked the shopkeeper.
"Ya, but which one?"
"As in?"
"We have Gods in colours - orange, green, blue and white.. which one do you want?", the shopkeeper replied.
"Can I have them all?"
"No! You must choose what you want! You can't have a group of Gods. In fact, if you buy the God of one colour, you have to fight with everyone who has a God of another colour."
"But why?", the kid asked inquisitively.
"That's how it is!"
"Do these Gods fight with each other too?", the kid asked, "If the colours of these Gods are different, is the colour of their followers different too?"
"Uhmmm...", the shopkeeper fumbled.
"We are all made of flesh and blood, aren't we?!", the kid asked.
"The Gods are within all of us, child", a spiritually enlightened person came there.
"Is that why more Gods are required, Sir?", the kid asked him.
"In fact, all of us have an element of God within us.", the person said.
"The number of people in the world is increasing so much. If there's God within all of us, why is the 'God'ness of the world reducing so much, Sir?", the kid asked again.
The person had no answer...
"Hey! You want God, buy God.. otherwise leave!", the shopkeeper interrupted. He couldn't have two people talking to each other at his counter.
"Give me a God that is transparent. A God that has no colour, sees no colour. If you have such a God, I'll have him. Else, I am fine...", the kid walked off the shop...
too good man!!!
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sahi re sahi :)
ReplyDeletenice story!!!...but wat does those 3 charachters represent. How will you divide them in our society.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful story... and like the way you narrated it.
ReplyDeleteLoved the idea of God in different colors and transparent.
Hey while I was reading this somehow I felt there's some connection with Sardarji's joke.... Well your P.O.V. is unique... God bless you AJ... I feel as the population is growing the element of God is reducing in us. But I wish to live a day on which Humanism will empower any other religion and world will be blessed with goodwill and brotherhood than hatred.
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