Vishnu and Sudarshan

      Life is full of coincidences and this is one of them. Let me give you an insight into Hindu mythology. Vishnu is one of the main of the main Indian gods. According to the scriptures, Vishnu's abode was underwater in the deep sea called the Vishnulok. Here he stayed with his beautiful wife Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. He himself was said to be very handsome but his skin (as argued in different scriptures) was blue or dark shaded. Vishnu has 4 hands and in them he holds- a lotus, a conch, a mace and the sudarshan chakra (wheel).

     This Sudarshan chakra is said to have been made from the sun dust and thus not surprisingly, must have been a radiant fair looking chap if he ever took the human form yet he could not have been as tall Vishnu. The wheel never left Vishnu's hand as it was the weapon of ultimate destruction; it stuck on like a true friend and coming to use many-a-time to kill evil forces that caused havoc on the earth.

     Now for the big coincidence;

     It was time for us to go home and the buses were waiting. I had entered first and preferred to stay waiting inside. Soon enough, the others started spilling inside as the bus driver threatened to leave. None of my friends had come that day and so sitting alone I started observing the things around me.

     It wasn't long before my attention diverted to two of my juniors. They always stuck around together. The first one was dark and very tall and the second one was puny but terribly fair. Sometimes people made fun of the first one and if the teasing crossed the limits, the usually calm second one would burst out on them. the first one was an ace swimmer. I don't remember what the second one did but surely he was the best friend the first one could have.

     You know where I am going, right?

     These two had qualities as if they were avatars of Vishnu and Sudarshan Chakra respectively.

      Talk of qualities, they were Vishnu and Sudarshan, at least their names said so...