In oriental culture , parents support the children indefinitely , till they are properly settled.The family bond , the father son relationship remains same from childhood to adult stage.The children's reverence for parents rarely alters as age takes over ; but there will be always exceptions..Ramesh and Usha were a couple having a tough time due to erratic demands of their son..
Mr Ramesh was a worried man.How could he make his son happy , who wanted him to abdicate his business empire in his favour.Ramesh was not that old ; hardly 342 years . He looked much younger ; thanks to the new technology. He could afford to get his head transplanted 10 times ; once every 30 years onto younger bodies of personal headless clones , preserved cryogenically.
Yes , it was all due to his father's timely vision.The day he was born , his father made a wise investment. He ordered 50 headless clones for the son.As the years went by , these headless clones grew strong and healthy . When they were in the prime of their youth at the age of 25 years , all the fifty clones were put under special cryogenic conditions so as to halt the ageing process. There-after , after every 30 years gap , Ramesh regularly took out a a dormant preserved clone , revived it and got his head transplanted on its 25 year old young body.
It was a perpetual bliss.The ever youthful Ramesh enjoyed all the pleasures of life at his command , with all the resources accumulated by his hard labour during the earlier years.At times he used to face emotional problems ,whenever he felt that his not-so young current wife needed to be replaced by a fresh younger bride .He thought to invest in headless young clones for his current wife as well ;but the idea never took a practical shape for quite sometime.The familiarity of couple of decades with the current wife ,who-so-ever she was , invariably resulted in enough irritants that he rather opted for a new bride ,whenever he felt the need.This arrangement continued till he met Usha , his current wife for the last 200 years .She was an ideal companion to Ramesh on all fronts : physical , psychological and analytical.
They were considered a made for each-other couple in the society.They thought and spoke in the same wavelength ; yet she was aware of the value of physical attraction a beautiful female body holds for a man.She took pains to look after her figure.She had a charming and healthy personality ; a direct result of numerous young organs procured from the market and got transplanted over the years except of course her head.She had procured the best legs from the Elite Clones Departmental Store . Now , she was one of the lucky house-wives ,whose husband had financed even head transplants on her younger headless female clones , whenever there was a need to do so. He was in true love with her in toto ; unlike other husbands of the era who were reluctant to finance a younger body for their older wives on one pretext or the other. However a lurking fear was always on her mind that God forbid if her husband was to with-hold requisite money for her head transplant to a younger body in future , due to some reason, where she will land up.She wanted to venture into a business of her own , where she could make enough money ,so as to be able to handle independently her own head transplants.For the present she was happy and grateful to the Lord for her husband who was considerate.They both shared an ever youthful life , with an ample supply of resources to enjoy all worldly bliss.
The only pang , she felt sometimes was a hostile disapproval in the eyes of his son which conveyed --' you both are still sitting on our heads ; why don't you you hand over the business empire you have created to us and relax.?'. Usha felt , 'why should they write us off ? We are as young and agile as the younger generation.Why not allow us , the parents to enjoy all the fruits of our labour as long as we want ? If my son wants more resources , why at our cost ? Let him work hard himself and earn to satisfaction ; we can give him adequate resources to start up.Why have eyes on us and convert us into passive living beings? ' .However the son like all sons thought ,he could plan better utilisation of the assets available with the parents , who had enjoyed enough of these already.
How could Ramesh abdicate his business empire in favour of his son ? He and Usha had sleepless nights over the issue raised by the son.These issues have remained unresolved since the beginning of civilisation , inspite of all technical advances in society. In a pensive mood , Ramesh visited the Hall of Success , which he always did when he was in a gloomy mood . It had over a thousand celebrities heads kept alive by supplying essentials through a conduit pipe to the brain stem , jugular veins , carotid artery and spinal cord.The heads along with the brains of ex presidents/kings , prime ministers , noble prize winners , generals and mega stars were stacked alphabetically in multi-tier storage facility ; with the pipes supplying the essential nutrients , blood and oxygen etc to keep the brain functioning. It was a historical experience to be able to interact with these VVIPs , meticulously stored like consumables in a Mall .The world was richer with their synergy , still available ; they were super consultants to the world.But alas , they were all sad ! They missed the delicacies at state functions , they wished they could taste these again ; but were denied in their present state.They wanted to be in the company of pretty damsels , once in a while ; but the beauties had no utilities for these body-less heads.They missed all the romance associated with music , colours and fragrance.These heads sometimes cried. They even begged ; if only they could be transplanted on a younger body and be a complete human-being once in a while.They wanted to relive the enjoyment of five senses.Their requests were turned down by the then polity ; as it was felt that full conversion of these body-less super heads into a normal human-being even on a temporary basis would be catastrophic for the world . These body-less super heads of the world , once they are given a complete body , would naturally strive for all the physical comforts including power and wealth .Thus these ' intellectual ' and successful resources of mankind who were an asset at present , could become a liability thereafter ; as they would be a part of consumers society themselves.They would compete and may be fight for worldly success and comforts.At times these frustrated VVIPs wanted to die , but they were not allowed to die either. In their death ,the world will be poorer of their knowledge , experience ,expertise and synergy built over hundreds of years.
Ramesh again thought of his son ; insisting on a passive role for him in life.He thought he never did this to his father ; he just waited for his turn and was not in a hurry to utilise his fathers assets , authority and responsibilities ."then why my son was in such a great hurry" he thought ,"may be my father didn't live that long and I didn't have to wait much . He could have lived that long , for the era of head transplants had begun during his life time , when I was born . He didn't do so ; rather he sacrificed his own interests and invested for 50 headless clones for me , his son , so that I could enjoy the perpetual bliss of youth and resources . I am enjoying because my father denied himself.Then why can't I do the same for my son , what my father did for me i.e. his son.
Ramesh felt lighter ; he has got the answer.He took out his car and drove out. His mission ! To destroy all his remaining clones. Naturally Usha accompanied him ; for she thought likewise , they were made for each-other.
channi 1998
Mr Ramesh was a worried man.How could he make his son happy , who wanted him to abdicate his business empire in his favour.Ramesh was not that old ; hardly 342 years . He looked much younger ; thanks to the new technology. He could afford to get his head transplanted 10 times ; once every 30 years onto younger bodies of personal headless clones , preserved cryogenically.
Yes , it was all due to his father's timely vision.The day he was born , his father made a wise investment. He ordered 50 headless clones for the son.As the years went by , these headless clones grew strong and healthy . When they were in the prime of their youth at the age of 25 years , all the fifty clones were put under special cryogenic conditions so as to halt the ageing process. There-after , after every 30 years gap , Ramesh regularly took out a a dormant preserved clone , revived it and got his head transplanted on its 25 year old young body.
It was a perpetual bliss.The ever youthful Ramesh enjoyed all the pleasures of life at his command , with all the resources accumulated by his hard labour during the earlier years.At times he used to face emotional problems ,whenever he felt that his not-so young current wife needed to be replaced by a fresh younger bride .He thought to invest in headless young clones for his current wife as well ;but the idea never took a practical shape for quite sometime.The familiarity of couple of decades with the current wife ,who-so-ever she was , invariably resulted in enough irritants that he rather opted for a new bride ,whenever he felt the need.This arrangement continued till he met Usha , his current wife for the last 200 years .She was an ideal companion to Ramesh on all fronts : physical , psychological and analytical.
They were considered a made for each-other couple in the society.They thought and spoke in the same wavelength ; yet she was aware of the value of physical attraction a beautiful female body holds for a man.She took pains to look after her figure.She had a charming and healthy personality ; a direct result of numerous young organs procured from the market and got transplanted over the years except of course her head.She had procured the best legs from the Elite Clones Departmental Store . Now , she was one of the lucky house-wives ,whose husband had financed even head transplants on her younger headless female clones , whenever there was a need to do so. He was in true love with her in toto ; unlike other husbands of the era who were reluctant to finance a younger body for their older wives on one pretext or the other. However a lurking fear was always on her mind that God forbid if her husband was to with-hold requisite money for her head transplant to a younger body in future , due to some reason, where she will land up.She wanted to venture into a business of her own , where she could make enough money ,so as to be able to handle independently her own head transplants.For the present she was happy and grateful to the Lord for her husband who was considerate.They both shared an ever youthful life , with an ample supply of resources to enjoy all worldly bliss.
The only pang , she felt sometimes was a hostile disapproval in the eyes of his son which conveyed --' you both are still sitting on our heads ; why don't you you hand over the business empire you have created to us and relax.?'. Usha felt , 'why should they write us off ? We are as young and agile as the younger generation.Why not allow us , the parents to enjoy all the fruits of our labour as long as we want ? If my son wants more resources , why at our cost ? Let him work hard himself and earn to satisfaction ; we can give him adequate resources to start up.Why have eyes on us and convert us into passive living beings? ' .However the son like all sons thought ,he could plan better utilisation of the assets available with the parents , who had enjoyed enough of these already.
How could Ramesh abdicate his business empire in favour of his son ? He and Usha had sleepless nights over the issue raised by the son.These issues have remained unresolved since the beginning of civilisation , inspite of all technical advances in society. In a pensive mood , Ramesh visited the Hall of Success , which he always did when he was in a gloomy mood . It had over a thousand celebrities heads kept alive by supplying essentials through a conduit pipe to the brain stem , jugular veins , carotid artery and spinal cord.The heads along with the brains of ex presidents/kings , prime ministers , noble prize winners , generals and mega stars were stacked alphabetically in multi-tier storage facility ; with the pipes supplying the essential nutrients , blood and oxygen etc to keep the brain functioning. It was a historical experience to be able to interact with these VVIPs , meticulously stored like consumables in a Mall .The world was richer with their synergy , still available ; they were super consultants to the world.But alas , they were all sad ! They missed the delicacies at state functions , they wished they could taste these again ; but were denied in their present state.They wanted to be in the company of pretty damsels , once in a while ; but the beauties had no utilities for these body-less heads.They missed all the romance associated with music , colours and fragrance.These heads sometimes cried. They even begged ; if only they could be transplanted on a younger body and be a complete human-being once in a while.They wanted to relive the enjoyment of five senses.Their requests were turned down by the then polity ; as it was felt that full conversion of these body-less super heads into a normal human-being even on a temporary basis would be catastrophic for the world . These body-less super heads of the world , once they are given a complete body , would naturally strive for all the physical comforts including power and wealth .Thus these ' intellectual ' and successful resources of mankind who were an asset at present , could become a liability thereafter ; as they would be a part of consumers society themselves.They would compete and may be fight for worldly success and comforts.At times these frustrated VVIPs wanted to die , but they were not allowed to die either. In their death ,the world will be poorer of their knowledge , experience ,expertise and synergy built over hundreds of years.
Ramesh again thought of his son ; insisting on a passive role for him in life.He thought he never did this to his father ; he just waited for his turn and was not in a hurry to utilise his fathers assets , authority and responsibilities ."then why my son was in such a great hurry" he thought ,"may be my father didn't live that long and I didn't have to wait much . He could have lived that long , for the era of head transplants had begun during his life time , when I was born . He didn't do so ; rather he sacrificed his own interests and invested for 50 headless clones for me , his son , so that I could enjoy the perpetual bliss of youth and resources . I am enjoying because my father denied himself.Then why can't I do the same for my son , what my father did for me i.e. his son.
Ramesh felt lighter ; he has got the answer.He took out his car and drove out. His mission ! To destroy all his remaining clones. Naturally Usha accompanied him ; for she thought likewise , they were made for each-other.
channi 1998
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