In conversation with Mr. V - Part 1

(Last week, 6th and 7th of Aug 2009 to be precise, Me and my lady paid a visit to Tirumala, V's abode. 'V', for Venkateshwara. And before you ask which one, lemme clarify, am referring to Him, the ultimate Lord.

After a not-so-long wait in the queue, we reached the main shrine. Once you get a glimpse of the Lord, time tends to stop, and the few seconds you get to see Him seem like hours. Time enough for a good conversation, that is - if He wills and if you are extremely lucky. Am not that lucky, but if Me does get that lucky someday, Me imagines this is how its going to be.)

Me: Hi.

Mr. V: Hey, watsup?

Me: (habitually, looked up).

Mr. V: Now, please spare me that. Don't you ever get bored of repeating it so many times?

Me: (all smiles and grins) Donno - Me thinks its pretty much got into Me now. Like a reflex, you know.

Mr. V: So, long time. How've you been?

Me: Am okay. C'mon, why do you ask? You know how Me's been. You tell me. How've you been?

Mr. V: As usual, pretty busy. A tad too much offlate. You know, its the beginning of the month and I've to pay my EMI, am busy pooling in money for that.

Me: Whattttt? EMI? You? You're mocking me, aren't you?

Mr. V: No, am not. Seriously, I've a loan too.

Me: Gods and loans? You're kidding.

Mr. V: Nooo.. am not. You know, we Gods marry too. And we take loans for our marriages as well.

Me: Wait. Me thinks Me knows. From Mr. Kubera, right?. C'mon. Me thot that was just a story. Mythology and all.

Mr. V: Ofcourse not. What, you thought loans and EMIs were flashes of intelligence from some human? We've had it for eons before you folks copied it from us.

Me: Eon? What's that?

Mr. V: Something like the year you folks follow. In your terminology, its about a billion years. What, you never read Wikipedia?

Me: And how many eons did you say, you'll pay back the loan in?

Mr. V: In your terminology, say a billion billion.

Me: And you guys have interest rates too?

Mr. V: Is that a trick question?

Me: (smiles) Ok, got it. You Gods must have invented it.

Mr. V: Exactly.

(contd...)

(Now, that, Me thinks was about a nanosecond of conversation. And if Me is lucky, Me'd have about a minute of darshan. So, watch out for more. :-) )

Me.