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TITLE (EDIT)
Genie No More |
DESCRIPTION
It's not the ice age. But definitely the end before you begin.
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TITLE KEYWORD
Literary Fiction |
AUTHOR
Vaishali Shroff |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
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[July 2007] |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (8)
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Josh Robbins And The Bluegill (Children) Josh is headed for his first fishing expedition with his parents to Fishy Lake when it starts pouring heavily. Read further to find out Josh's tryst with fishing and the adventure that unfolds... [762 words] [Suspense]
Josh Robbins And The Mystery Of The Missing Roses (Children) After Josh Robbins and Rapunzel and Josh Robbins and the Bluegill, Josh plays detective at 7 to catch the thief that stole Martha's roses...the third in the collection of short stories, " The Adventur... [756 words] [Mystery]
Josh Robbins Saves The World (Children) Josh's innocent mind is on a mission to save the world...read more! [944 words] [Adventure]
Remembering Amma (Short Stories) She's fun. She's loving. No one can make pickles better. She's Amma. [617 words]
Song O' Times (Poetry) About some unchanged melodies that take us back in time to live the same moment all over again! [194 words] [Romance]
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Genie No More
Vaishali Shroff
“I was just about to trip over my laces, you stupid genie. How many times have I told you tie them properly. Ma, I told you long back – you should’ve changed this genie for another one, someone who’s more efficient” insisted Raghu, Maya and Rohit Khanna’s son.
Life-styles have changed across the globe. Poverty line is a term that has vanished from minds like bad memories. Genes have transformed the way people, breathe, live, and die too!
Rohit Khanna couldn’t thank his dealer enough. He had booked Gene with “Genie Corp”, a leading provider of genies across geographies.
“We’re out of stock for this season, Mr. Khanna. You’re 4531 in the waiting list and it will take a year to service your request.”
But it wasn’t long till Genie Corp realized the surging demand for genies against the supply. They had to beat stiff market completion. Their production houses worked over time and genie after genie they met the market challenge, shrinking their time-to-market by months. Rohit Khanna got his genie six months before the scheduled date.
Gene, the home-genie has been working with the Khanna’s for over a year now. He wears a white uniform with gloves and a hat - the standard home-genie dress code. It has a nose, but apart from having smell sensors, it can detect fires too. It’s ears have the hearing capacity of a dog. It’s arms have a forceps’ grip, can think at the speed of light, and can run like a cheetah. Superior to humans in every possible way, the genie bagged “The Invention of the Century” award at many prestigious award ceremonies. The genie was here to stay.
But somehow Gene has started looking frail with every passing moment. Do my bed Gene, chop the vegetables Gene, drop Raghu to school Gene, get me water Gene, feed me Gene – Gene, Gene, Gene. Till Gene’s battery dies down to nearly zero, the Khanna family chant the Gene mantra to get everything done for them.
Gene's completely different from the genie avatars of yester years – those that lived in shining brass lamps. He's very adaptive and accommodates himself in any container he's asked to live in. He has also started resembling humans after living with them for so long. Every night he curls up in his bottle and slips into deep slumber while his battery gets charged.
Days, weeks, and months pass by and now the Khanna family doesn’t even move. Genie is the be all and end all of their life. Their bones, just like the others, are useless and simply frame their bodies, and their brains know only how to instruct. They firmly believe that future genies won’t even need instructions. They would be proactive and once thrown into a routine, they would repeat their activities without being told!
“Ma, look, it’s well past sunrise and Gene’s still sleeping.”
“Oh that lazy genie, shake him up. I think he ate too much food last night and it must have slowed down his programs” grumbled Maya.
“His battery didn't charge last night Ma,” observed Raghu.
“What, how’s that possible? I put him to charge last night itself. Check if the plug’s loose or the power’s out.”
“No, no, all’s fine. I think we need to check his battery,” said Rohit.
Rohit made Gene lie on his front and removed his battery.
“Well, nothing seems to be wrong with the battery Maya.”
“No. Hold on. Look, what's that - there’s something written in fine print on the battery.”
Expiry Date In Case Of Overuse or Abuse Is August 24, 2007.
Whatever said and done, a human cannot better God. He cannot make immortals. Nothing is
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2007 Vaishali Shroff |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
September 2007 |
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