DEFUNITION

Google Boogle! by N.K.Narasimhan

 "Mom,

Look who is here."

Raja came rushing home screaming out in joy.

Raja's mother, a 60 and odd old housewife who has witnessed all the highs and the lows of a middle class family for ages including the times she had lost her husband in an accident that happened one early morning  in Adyar, Chennai when Raja was a toddler.

 She came rushing out, more due to unexpected things that keep conditioning one's mind to respond at the earliest on any situation. Oh yes, she has seen all that very often for all the silly reasons.

She saw and casually asked, " Oh, Radha. I knew she had gone out. In fact I was expecting her to come home and help me in the kitchen."

" No, Mom.... She is not Radha.. But she is."

Now the mother stared at her son. What's got into him?

" Raja, i don't have time for your riddles. 

Radha  come, we have work to do."

" Mom... She is not your Radha. But she is Radha."

" Raja, Enough. If you don't want your wife to help me, it's ok with me but stop talking something which only you can relate to and not me.

But.... wait a minute.. why can't Radha speak for herself. Why are you both playing a game?"

 Raja was giggling inside while his consort was

silently watching everything.

 " What's going on here?"

A voice was heard from upstairs. And all the three looked up.

" What happened...."

Radha was coming down the stairs and stopped halfway spotting someone like her.

Mother looked up and looked at the other Radha .

" Now, who the hell is she?" That was the Mother.

" Tell me, what all you did with her?'

That was Radha the wife walking down the stairs.

"Oh.. my God. This is going to take some explanation."

And you know who it was.

 

"Listen, both of you. Let me explain everything."

" What the hell? Who wants to listen to your rubbish."

"Please... allow me to explain in detail.."

"Why should I bother? I will ask her only."

Saying this Radha went straight to Radha .

" Hey, duplicate, who are you?"

" Shut up. I am the original."

" Nonsense. Where did he find you?"

" On the net."

" Oh.. oh.. now I know. Look Mom, he has found her on a dating app."

"Dating App? Some sort of a calendar?" Poor Mom was curious.

" No. Mom. I will explain... please.."

" How dare you bring someone like her? Never knew you will let me down so badly. I am packing my bags."

" Radha.. wait..please.. Let him tell his story."

" At last, you are giving me a breather. Thank you.

For information, I was surfing the net recently...."

" And you bumped into her?"

"No..no..no. I found that Google was researching on text to images and explored further. I found one can create humans of your choice by entering all the data you have of that person in mind."

" What bull!"

" Please wait.. Let him finish."

" So, what I did, I entered all the details about Radha."

"Why me, when you already have me?"

"Keep quiet. Be happy he didn't choose an actress."

" What the hell Mom? How can you support him?"

" Hey, Listen. Mom is not supporting me. Actually I wanted to challenge the software to see if it can create another Radha., a monster.."

"WHAT?"

" I meant , a monstrous task to create another you,  so smart, so beautiful, my love!"

" Shut up. She might look like me. What the hell she knows about my likes, dislikes, my parents, my native place, my college..or my dear brother."

 

" Of course. Check me out." The other Radha  raised to the occasion.

" Ok. Where did you study?"

"School or college?"

" Both dumbo!"

" I did my schooling at Church Park. College at Ethiraj."

" This guy must have fed you with all the info. Ok, next. What was your score at Plus two.?"

" Third Rank"

"What's your native place?"

" Kanchipuram"

"Brother's name."

"Ranganathan. And he is heading an IT Major at California. Two sons, Working wife, and a white Dog named Idli! You want to know the name of my first crush?"

"Oh.Shut UP!"

Radha was sweating by now. She did not expect such accurate answers.

 

Meanwhile Mom looked at her son, " Why didn't you create your Dad through that Google or Boogle, instead  of  Radha.?"

" Oh, Mom.."

 

She looked at Raja and glanced at his mom, who was bewildered.

" I am leaving...."

" Hey, wait. it was just an experiment. I can send her back." pleaded Raja.

" How?"

" Give me a sec. I will undo all  that I have created since I have not saved it."

" But without saving, how did you download an exact me?"

" There was an option to pay or download with watermark."

" Eeeek! Did you already check the watermark on her? Did you?"

" Oh, Shut up. I will undo in a second."

After 5 minutes...

" Oh..no..I can't. It has already been saved by default " screamed Raja.

" I can't.. I am done.. oh ,,no..Mom.."

Suddenly Raja found he was rudely awaken by Radha.

" What's wrong? You were screaming something in your dream."

" Oh.. it was a Nightmare?. Thank God. It was so real."

 " It's 3 am. Now go to sleep. You have an AI presentation tomorrow."

" Sure. But the first half was damn exciting!"

 

Ah, Men will be men!