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The kid mustered up courage and asked in a shaky voice, ‘Who are you?’
‘Don’t be afraid of me. I don’t bite.’
“Really? You think people are only afraid of humans who bite and not of random strangers who just pop out in other’s room unannounced?” retorted the kid.
‘Sarcasm, huh! Nice. Good to see this trait lives on.’
The kid was giving away hardcore puzzled looks which only body language experts could have decoded.
‘You’re clearly not a fan of sci-fi/mythological dramas. No worries I’ll start from the beginning.’
‘Do you know Adam and Eve?’
“Who doesn’t?”
‘When Eve ate the fruit and all God unleashed wrath upon them, I was there. It wasn’t a good sight to see.’
‘Since you’re smart I assume that you know who discovered America. Or rather mistook it for India. When Columbus was cursing his luck, I was there.’
The kids eyes were showing displeasure after every word he listened.
‘I hope this isn’t too much for you because when Captain Russell lost to Bhuvan I was there as well.’
The kid sat up in disbelief. “So you’re telling me that you’re omnipresent just like God. But rather than doing good stuff you just see bad events that happen to people. Who are you? A milder Satan?”
‘Haha. Sense of humour. Nice! this will come in handy.’ He wasn’t letting his mysteriousness fade away.
‘You know this world works in a strange way. Mysterious enough to allow humans to survive everything although they’ve been through a lot. Yet you fail to cease to exist. You were never alone. You had me!’
“Wait wait wait wait. What? Really? So you’re a God?” the kid just wanted this to end like a really bad dream but there was no respite.
‘Why do you want God everywhere. You think God does everything? You really think that God has a plan for everything? You reproduce like anything and you think one God can handle all of this? Well there is a limit to everything son. God lost his trust on you all when you equated veg Pulao with veg Biryani.‘
‘Earlier I was an intern to him. I handled petty cases, small prayers, tiny wishes and other miniscule stuff. But with the increasing human population it became difficult for the God to handle everything. So the tasks were outsourced to me.’
‘I’m very lazy. So I created some of my own men who could assist me. It was pretty easy by the way. Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V have existed way before Microsoft took over the IT world.’
‘Ever since God went on vacation and outsourced his duties the quality of work has degraded. However, it could’ve been worse if it wasn’t for my capable army. And it is in a dire need of revival my friend.’
“Revival? Army? Dude you are more confusing than an average Indian with nodding head is to a foreigner.”
‘Ah these millennial kids! They want everything super quick. You just can’t relish anything, can you?’
‘I am retiring.’
“God is on vacation, you are retiring. Is this a doomsday announcement? Am I dying a virgin?”
‘Can you please listen to me first?’
‘I’m retiring but I’m sure someone else will take charge of my duties and perform well. It was a really tough criteria to fulfill. But after centuries I’ve found the one. I’ve had my favorites earlier as well. You know Jr. Bachchan, he was doing really well but then he married Ms. Rai and became famous. Similar stuff happened with Mr. Singhvi, he too became too famous by entering politics. My serious disappointment was with Mr. Upmanyu, he was perfectly invisible and was leading a normal life but then the comedy bug bit him. I can’t risk it with famous guys, they already have too much on their plate.’
‘You on the other hand are failing to even register for a simple competition. You are the definition of stale male. One can find a potato and an Abhishek almost everywhere. You are invisible. Nobody finds you online in one go. Even if someone has to tag you in a photo they’ll have to go through 477 other Abhishek’s in their friend list. You’re already on your path to be invisible by pursuing engineering. Do an MBA afterwards and no one will know who you are. And this is where the fun starts.’
‘By being ordinary you can do almost anything and no one shall bat an eye on you. You need to be the guy next door you already are and be happy with yourself. People go rogue in their quest to be extraordinary. It is your duty to remind them that ordinary is good. Even if you are as simple, common and plain as an engineer (ready for MBA) Abhishek. Give people hope. That’s what God does and trust me that’s the only thing they need. They’re capable enough to make this place a better one. All they need is to believe in their ordinary self.’
The younger Abhishek couldn’t fathom the most ambiguous teaching preached onto him. All he could ask with his mouth wide open was ‘Who are you?’
The mystery man smiled and said, ‘Well, I’m just another Abhishek’.
Abhishek Singh 
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