Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Usually, I dream about Maneka and Urvashi only. Today was different, though. Lord Vishnu appeared in my dream and he looked visibly offended. I asked him why. He told me that he had demonetized the divine currency and budgeted for 10 avatars only ("Dashavtaar", you know?), and suddenly there was an 11th one?! What's more, the 11th avatar was propagating a temple for the 7th avatar? What about temples for avatars bearing roll numbers 1 to 6? And roll numbers 8, 9, 10? He wanted to know if there would be a temple for the 11th avatar in the future? He asked me if I would prefer clicking a selfie in front of the Statue of Liberty, the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower or the local statue in Kevatiya? Given the widely-acclaimed Gujarat model of development, where would I prefer being born in my next birth: Ahmedabad, Ayodhya, Varanasi, North America OR Europe? Ooh, he left me gasping for choice and I told him "Switzerland?!" He said, "tathastu". Though, midst the flurry of questions, roll numbering and my limited knowledge of Jiography, I did ask him, "wassup?!" He looked at me fiercely and raised his "trishul" when I recalled that the 11th avatar being referred to was perhaps, "Daadhi waale Uncle". I apologized with folded hands and gently asked Lord Vishnu not to ponder over divine schemes designed by human beings; after all, nothing is certain except death, taxes, temples, statues and AI-based infinite human stupidity! ;-)