At peace...

“Its dinner time…” She said. “You ask too many questions, now just come.”

While walking back towards PTI (Path to In slide) she told me how all the 110 people help each other in preparing dinner and then its feast time as everybody starts dinner at the same time and on a common table. She said she will be not able to help others today as she will be busy introducing me to each of the members there. Since each one had some specialty in the group, she told me to try and remember some of them as it would help me in living a better and comfortable life here.

The feeling I was getting was one like that of an overnight celebrity who has been invited to a party and needs to be introduced to the A-listers present there, each one an expert in his/her respective field and I was expected to be just like them and mingle in their company.

We reached the place where the latch was there. She opened the door and we both slid down and straight in front of the gate which I had described as Hell’s Gate once. She opened it and we turned left walking towards the direction of the PTO. Then one right, and another one and I was standing in front of wooden structure which she told was her room and the one on the right, which looked newly built was mine. It was actually bamboo sticks tied together to make a structure which Nasaians called their home. When I looked around, I found there was a row of such rooms and I was standing in a lane with 2 rows opposite each other but about 10 feet apart.

Angel started off, “You see that room just opposite of mine? There Aunt Fenu lives. I am talking about the lady you met outside Earthlings Information Center.”

I responded quickly “Oh, Big Momma? Haha.”

“Who is ‘Big Momma’ and what is there to laugh in it?” She asked, looking scornfully at me.

I better not break her heart again, had already made her cry once.

“Well we call the head of family as Big Momma, and the same I thought about her.” I tried to cover up.

“So you need not laugh on her!” She said.

“Oh, actually I mistook her for you so just that thought made me laugh. That’s all Angel, don’t be suspicious about me please.” I said with raised eyebrows.

“No no, just asking. Anyways, the second room in the lane behind us is of Sir Lemo, the one who met you inside the Earthlings Information Center. He is the head of our group.” She said.

All seemed quite interesting. Few people passed by us in the lane, some entering their rooms, some leaving, some just trying to catch a glimpse of me. Some passed a smile at me, some giggled, some even shook hands and some kids just touched me to see if I am real! All in all, everyone had a smile on their face, no one seemed afraid.

The courteous nature of the habitants of this planet had helped me feel a lot more comfortable. For me it was just like being introduced to a new city probably in some far away place in Europe. Europe I would say because of its beauty and far away place because it was actually far far away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities about which we read and see in magazines, newspapers and online.

It was peaceful here. I thought Nasaians should have been the peace ambassador on Earth.

It was peaceful here. I thought Nasaians should have been the peace ambassador on Earth.

Angel asked me to enter my room. I took one step ahead and then just stopped. I noticed a very unusual thing which I don’t know how I missed earlier. On looking around, all rooms were same. There was the doorway but no door; there was a window but no window pane.

“Where is the door Angel?” I asked her surprised.

“Door? Why do you need it?” She asked even more surprised.

Why did not have any door? Do they know there is a thing called "PRIVACY"? Wait for the next update...

Why Am I Still Alive?

She continued to speak about how she knew all this, “The Office Assistant of God meets us regularly and we even hear God’s voice occasionally. They only told us how Earth and Nasa were formed. They also keep us updating about what is happening on Earth. OA was the one who taught us English so that we could interact with you.”

I murmured to myself, “No doubt OA was good in English. How can we forget his constant nagging about our mistakes while typing in Microsoft Word?”

“Did you say anything about the Office Assistant?” Angel inquired me.

I remembered her warning, not to be said anything about God or his fellow mates.

I responded, “No, was just thanking OA or else communication with you would have been a real pain.”

“Yeah, right!” She continued. “We never had our language. And also, the day you were born, it was decided that you would be here when Earth is replaced and when your name was decided by your maternal grand-mother, at the same time it was entered in our Earthlings Information Center.”

I was listening to all this like a 3 year old listening to fairy tales from his grandmother, narrated with so much convincing power that the kid enjoys it and believes it.

“Oh I forgot to tell you about Nasa! We don’t know how big our planet is and who all live here, where they live, where are the mountains or where are the rivers. God never told us and we were never interested. We were happy with where we are. We don’t even know how many more Earthlings are there. We are just a small group of 110 people here. That’s all from my side” She took a deep breath and smiled. “Any questions?” were her last words.

I started off, “Thank You Angel for this informative stroll in the park.” I smiled. “I really enjoyed being with you, and you are a really beautiful soul and I guess all your fellow Nasaians are same. But…” I paused a bit. “Why have I been bought here? What will I do here? How will I adjust here? In fact, WHY AM I STILL ALIVE?”

“You must be tired. Lets get back; you need to be shown your room as well.” She said avoiding my questions and eye contact as well.

I become serious, “Angel wait.” I said. My tone was quite high pitched now, almost like screaming with anger. “You just can’t leave me like this with so many unanswered questions. Was this a 1 day trip for me only to make me realize the wrong doings of my fellow beings? Or I have been bought here to be made fun of, ‘that see, these Earthlings could not survive themselves; they don’t know how to live’. I can’t see any valid reason for me being here on Nasa.”

“Even we could not understand the reason for you being here. In fact, we never wanted you here. We don’t want you to pollute our planet as well. But we could not argue with God who had decided your presence here long back. Tomorrow OA will be here to explain you the reason. You can ask as many questions as you want from him.” She was almost in tears while talking.

“Hey Angel, don’t cry please. I won’t pollute your planet. Don’t worry.” I tried to console her.

“Im not crying coz of that.” She said weeping “We do not scream at each other. How do I know why God sent you here? Why screaming at me?”

“Oh I am so sorry. My frustration just came out in the form of anger. I have no offence against you. Sorry Angel, please stop crying.” I tried to hug her, she allowed me.

For at least 5 more minutes her eyes were watery. I had to apologize after every 15 seconds to make her feel better. Whether a girl is from Earth or Nasa, their traits are same. She was now normal; I just wiped off the last drop of tear from her cheek.

“Come Gurpreet, let’s get back in. Get fresh and then we all will have dinner together.” She said pulling me from my arm.

“Dinner? What time is it? The sun is still bright out here.” I said.

“Its dinner time…” She said. “You ask too many questions, now just come.”

Feeling hungry? Wait for their dinner meal in my next post.

I felt like a Priosner of War

And slowly the concept of “Survival of the Fittest” made its way in our world whereas God had planned for “Survival of All”.

“Thinking about your greed Gurpreet?” she interrupted as I plead guilty in my mind.

“Wait, I will make you feel guiltier.” she said.

“Hey, why have you suddenly become a devil from an angel? I do accept the mistakes of my fellow beings. Now will you put me to trial in a Nasa court?” I asked, actually feeling helpless.

The present scene I thought was similar to a POW (prisoner of war) being bought down on his knees in front of the enemy army…completely helpless. The only difference being that the country of the prisoner of war would have lost the war, but here my ‘planet’ had lost the war!

But the good thing was that instead of an angry Army General sporting a big mustache in front of me, a beautiful Angel was standing there. Oh, Angel! How beautiful you are, I wish you would have been on Earth with me, my friends would be so jealous of me!

She started laughing, “No way, don’t worry we wont put you to any trial. We don’t have devils here to punish people.”

“Thank You” I said. “Also, not every invention by us was bad. The wheel or the advancement in the transport sector helped us explore new places and meet new people.”

She quickly countered my claim. “Which eventually led to loot and rule of independent nations, Right? You being from India would know it better. Had no one invented the boat, the British would have never reached your country.” 

I was again a POW.

“Gurpreet, you need to understand that for a reason God made the Earth so big with land at far away distances from each other separated by water bodies. The more people you meet, the more you have an urge to be like them and you start working towards being like them. The more you work hard, your body gets more tired, you get more tension, you get more frustrated, you get more angry and you get contact more diseases. Why not just keep you life simple. I agree that man is a social animal, but does having hundreds and thousands of so called “friends” added on facebook make sense? Why not spend time with those who have helped you grow up, who are living with you, who actually need you.” She tried to explain it to me calmly.

“I agree Angel, but by the time I was born, all the thoughts which you say led to our destruction, had already been deeply rooted in our minds and we did not find any fault in them. Yes it’s true that whatever you said is there in the teachings of all religions but hardly anyone was there who practiced them and survived.” I put my head down, feeling ashamed. We knew all these things but still went the wrong way.

“We just wanted to let you realize and know the truth as to why it was necessary for God to replace Earth. Now let’s move forward, I need to answer 2 of your questions. How are we born and who told me all this?

Firstly, we come on this planet in the same way as Adam and Eve came on Earth and as Edem and Ava came on Nasa. It’s like you are sleeping and if God chooses you, the next morning a baby will be beside you and you have to take care of him for lifetime. We are just a gift from God. We don’t have any relations, we just see each other as a part of God and therefore respect and care for each other.

Secondly, I will tell you how I know all this only when you stop GAZING AT THOSE GIRLS THERE!” She just raised her tone for the last 5 words which broke my concentration.

“I…I…I was looking at the beautiful trees and lake behind them, not the girls.” I stammered.

“Look Mr. we know about your nature. Firstly you are a boy, secondly you are unmarried, and thirdly you have just realized that you might remain virgin all your life. No way can you ignore the girls and look at the lake.”

“And don’t worry; you will meet those girls soon. Now listen to me.” She said and started walking in the opposite direction of the girls.

How will I meet them if I go in the opposite direction!!! But without arguing further, I followed her.

GIRLS...WHETHER FROM EARTH OR NASA ARE SAME, THEY CANT SEE THEIR MAN ADMIRING BEAUTY...IF YOU AGREE THEN COMMENT!!!