Monday, 9 September 2019

Buddha and a Bot (by Likitha Sreekanth)



July 31st 2090

“Today, I have completed 93 years of my life, sitting on this wooden bench,reminiscent of the past world, just like me, I saw the world changing…… its not the worst time yet, although its due soon.
I saw how the joy of sitting and narrating stories to my grandchildren has been replaced by complex mechanical stories. The things and jobs which made me capable of being independent, I am afraid that my future generations will not experience.
These mechanical friends have made the world present around me, the same shell which buddha’s father created around him during his childhood. Those illusions which his father created , were miles apart from reality.
Now, we are culprits as his father, of our children. They will experience the trauma soon, similar to Buddha. But, that is not worse too, realization comes through suffering..”

Then the child asked the bot to rewind and elaborate…

Likitha Sreekanth

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