A Hike Conversation with Lord Krishna:
I dozed off all the morning. After having loud Sunday
brunch, I opened Hike app on my Smartphone to check messages of my buddies. And
suddenly I spotted a message from an unknown number saying “Hello”. I love to
chat with complete strangers. So I replied in no time saying “Hi.” The person
with a Krishna profile picture answered soon. Here is our conversation.
-Good morning. Have a nice day.
-Do I know you?
-You do. But you can’t recognize me!
-How do I recognize you? You put a Lord Krishna image as
your profile picture.
-I am Lord Krishna, no one else.
-Haha, nice joke!!
-I am not joking.
Saying these, he sent me two Krishna stickers. I felt
surprised watching the Krishna stickers; as far I know ‘hike’ messenger app doesn’t
have such smileys or stickers.
-Oh God! Where did you find them?
-I created ‘em, for you.
-Oh really? Can you give me another prove?
-Of course.
Sending me this message he suddenly turned all his sent
messages into Sanskrit. I am struck dumb. What is he doing? Is he real
Krishna??
-Oh, now I turn them into English again, I can’t read
Sanskrit.
Promptly he turned the words into English and I sighed in
relief. Lord Krishna is using ‘Hike.’
-So, why are you on “hike” ? There are more popular apps
like Whatsapp, wechat, telegram….
-I didn’t expect you to ask this question. Did you see
the color of “hike” ? It’s celestial blue, just like me.
-OMG!! That’s why you’re using “hike.”
-Yeah.
-You prefer blue over other colors?
-I do. Blue means tranquility, eternity, calmness,
commitment.
-Wow. You are so confident about this color.
-Look, blue signifies calmness which is very rare today.
The world is crazy, people are crazy, boys and girls are freaks.
-Don’t blame our generation; our generation has animated
you, made cartoons, animations, graphic novels on you. Our forefathers and
foremothers only worshipped you, never tried to make you a cult figure, which
everyone can see and understand.
-My appeal is eternal, boy; the forms varied from age to
age. Earlier men & women would love to love me or worship me; now you
people love to make animations on me…in future people would love to think me a
‘totem’ and research on me. Your generation makes lord Krishna tattoo on body,
the next generation would invent Krishna beads and wear me on stylish
wristbands.
-Lord Krishna beads?
-Why not? There are smiley beads, hello kitty beads…so
there will be Krishna beads too…tiny bead depicted with Balgopal.
-Hmmm, you’re wise, man.
-Hahahaha.
-But you can’t say you don’t love being nurtured or
pampered this day.
-Who isn’t tempted to be pampered or loved??
-You too??
-Yes, me too, I am not different.
-Oh, you’re the God of love. What’s your view on today’s
love life?
-Love is very flaky, freaky…only none understands that.
-I can’t expect it from you; you’re supposed to say an
epic on love. How could you say, Love is very flaky??
-I am saying the truth, son. Love means mansion and slum
at the same time, it’s black and white, sick and sane, beauty and ugly, rain
and sun altogether. Love loves to make you hurt and it hurts itself too.
-Real love is rare today.
-It always was. Love was, is and always will be a bitch. Every
person is a born polygamist, both men and women. It’s very hard for a bird to live
on the same nest, on the same tree years after years.
-What are you saying my lord? Are you going to ruin every
relationship in this world?
-I don’t ruin relationships, it ruins itself. People are
really cowards; they can’t amass courage to go away from the society or
properly live inside it, abiding by the rules. They belong to nowhere, really!
-You are a great preserver. Why can’t you fix the broken
trusts, relationships or broken minds?
-Who am I to do these, boy? Things fix themselves, they
get healed, they don’t really need anyone to cure or fix…
-Then why do we worship you?
-To pamper me.
-Now, you are being flaky, like us.
-Hahahaha.
-Don’t laugh. What’s your view on LGBT community? You
accept homosexuality or reject it?
-I am bound to accept the nature. It’s very natural. Boys
can hold hands, girls can kiss each other. Once Shiva mingled himself with
Agnidev. Shiva and Parvati are always unified. Not only homosexuals, I accept
every form of love and sex, as long as it is not forced.
-Your words would make people mad.
-I don’t care. You have to accept the reality. You don’t
have to be a saint nor a sinner.
-Isn’t it an easy road? If we all keep calm, be normal as
possible, it will be easy for you to be a perfect preserver.
-Exactly the opposite.
-How?
-I don’t want to set the world in war; I don’t want
people to be warriors.
-I can’t understand.
-I am already late, bye now.
He went offline quickly. I sat on my couch like a wooden
doll. What just happened to me? Did I wake up from sleep now?
