Another Mortal Life

Found this in a draft of 16/03/09.
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"Hey Parth,.."

"Hello! But, Parth? I'm not Parth!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, Churchill."

"It's okay, God. Happens to everyone. What do You come here for? Here, in Bombay, this nuisance of a place?"

"The world will be at war, Churchill, in the coming century. At a big war. Such a war as this the world has never seen."

"O Lord, does Your Design has me playing the one who would stop it?"

"No, Churchill, no! You'll lead one of the sides."

"But, Lord, I don't like war!"

"It's been such a chill life for you, Churchill. Now it will churn! It doesn't matter whether you like it or not. You are merely a player in the vast scheme of things."

"With due respect, O Almighty, I'm not merely a player! I have lead my Polo team to 5 consecutive wins. I'm good at it!"

"A joke is a serious thing, Churchil. Remember."

"*With his eyes down* What will I be doing in the war, sir?"

"You will be fighting to uphold the good things in the world: Good things are simple.. and most of them can be expressed in one word- Freedom, Justice, Honour, duty, hope."

"I like the idea, Sir. Can I quote it to the world as my own? *Eyes down, expecting another warning*"

"Oh you can. I am the only originator of every idea in every world. It is with my inspiration that poets write, it is with my inspiration that birds fly. You, like everyone else, are merely a medium."

"Yes, Sir."

"So Churchill, prepare! Prepare for the holy war!"

Churchill first thought of asking why the Lord was referring to the war as holy, but then ate his words. (That very moment he got an idea - an idea he would tell the world with much pride - that eating words never gave him indigestion.)

"Yes sir. Sir, when will the holy war be?"

"There is time."

{That was the first of the many conversations between the two. First of the many tapes my friend Ved received.}

[The words Churchill ate were not available in the tape. God himself told Ved about what transpired in Churchill's mind.]