Goli No 12...Jesus ……. Meets…….. Narayana……

I had two friends with deep religious ……….Spiritual leanings…………in the Colony…………one was Sunder iyer……. My Bachelor neighbour of 35 years……….sunder had met with an accident……. at Wada near Mumbai……….His Arm was severed from his body………Picking up his severed arm .... he washed it………….packed it in a polythene bag………….put it in a bucket…… reached Lilavati hospital in Bandra and got admitted………..

He went through major operations…… surgeries….. Underwent treatment…….for 3 months….. and was back home……

Sunder was basically in to pooja’s…….. prayers……..Mantra’s chanting……. Navgraha Homam……… Bhagwati Sevai etc……. Post accident he drowned himself in to it more vigorously……… Morning……….Evenings as he walked on his walker…….. There used to be loud bursts……… of Devotional Songs from his house……….swamiye ayyappo……....madura malai mamaniye murugaya……………….aigiri nandini chaile sujey………..Bhaja Govindam……....Vishnu Sahasranamam…..

Sunder would also loudly sing along ……..That was Sunder for everybody………………….He had a big business spread all over India and Internationally………..but his Big Car carried the Banner………… ….Jai Shree Ram……….



And now Larry……….my swimming coach ……….Kattar Christian………..Bible Reader………….Preacher…………..Actively involved in church………..


Larry came to our house early Sunday Morning………….8 clock…... He wanted me to join him in church for prayers………….Talked about……..power of prayers…………I was very impressed…………I talked about Sunder…………..his accident…………his prayers…………Bhakti…………..Larry said why don’t you call Sunder……………he will help Sunder heal faster……….put life in to his hands…..

Wifey warned me…………it can be dangerous………….Any way I called Sunder ……… Sunder came in his veshti ………….Poonal………Vibhuti on forehead and arms………Bare chested………..

Larry and Sunder conversed and then…….. Larry asked Sunder to hold his hand……. and Larry started his prayers of Jesus……..Sunder’s facial expressions changed…….….he stopped Larry in his tracks…….Now sunder asked Larry to hold his Hands…….told Larry to repeat with him…………..om namo Narayana……..om namo narayana….……Larry was shocked ……… he said he can’t….

This led to a major argument…………with emotional intensity………….bhakti and ragas on one side…….. and sermons and choirs on the other side……… voice decibels…….went high……..Colony security guards at my door steps…………Neighbours came out…………B.P of Larry and Sunder was at its peak……. we literally separated them physically…………..

Larry went back home……….without any injury…….Sunder screamed as…….. Larry went into the lift with society security guards “My Narayana will protect me………..#@******………….

As I entered house wife was starring at me angrily………………my five year old daughter……….said angrily “appa when are you……..going to grow up………I apologetically muttered………..”Just tried to get …..

Jesus ……….and Narayana………together……….