Doctor Dhananjay was not a very famous cardiac surgeon but he had a 100% success rate in the very few surgeries he had performed. He had been in the news channels for the past three months, thanks to his book ‘Religion-An Encyclopedia of Superstitions?’ He had written that book after posing thousands of queries to people and after a lot of research work. He didn’t write that book for the sake of earning money. He wanted to answer the queries which he had been asking to so many people throughout his entire life. But the political parties frame issues in a way that best suit them. Since DD (Doctor Dhananjay is called by his friends as DD) did not stick to one particular religion in his book no one supported him, except his son, Rudran. Rudran was an attorney working as an assistant to Aftab, a well known attorney. Aftab was an expert in both civil and criminal cases.
Rudran did not support DD only because he was his dad. He supported him because he liked the theories in the book. The book was banned before three months and Aftab was the person who filed the case on the behalf of the Muslim community. Many other people filed cases against DD from several other sections. But DD never lost determination because his son would appear for him in all the cases.
There was a petition filed by Rudran that the ban on the book was not correct and the basic fundamental constitutional right (right to expression) was challenged.
Rudran had to argue on that day, the first chapter definition of God was to be discussed, Rudran was reading the chapter carefully, and it started:
The question "What is God?" .Most of us expect some sort of definition as an answer to this question, but we are not content simply to describe the way the word is used:
We want to know the essence of what it means to be God. Western people typically concern themselves with the God of monotheistic religions (Christians and Muslims in general), but discussions also concern themselves with other concepts of the divine. Indeed, before attempting a definition of a term it is essential to know what sense of the term is to be defined. In this case, this is particularly important because there are a number of widely different senses of the word 'God.' So before we try to answer the question "What is God?" by giving a definition, first we must be clear on which concept of God we are trying to define. Among those people who believe in supernatural beings, some believe there is just one God (monotheism), while others, such as Hindus, believe in many different deities (polytheism) while maintaining that all are manifestations of one God. Hindus also have a widely followed monistic philosophy that can be said to be neither monotheistic nor polytheistic (as mentioned in Advaita Vedanta). Buddhists generally do not believe in the existence of a creator God similar to that of the Abrahamic religions, but direct attention to a state called Nirvana. (Although, some Buddhists believed Buddha was an incarnation of God).
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Rudran knew the whole chapter perfectly by heart, still he was reading to check whether there was a loophole. The case was to begin in another half an hour, Rudran was nervous, it was his first case and he was to appear against his mentor Aftab.
His pulse-rate increased in proportion to the time ticking away.
Rudran heard some music; it was his cell phone ringing.
He picked his phone and said “Hello”.
It was his wife, “Rudy, Uncle is dead, come home soon”. She cut the phone in a flash. It was like reading a text message rather than attending a phone call. But Rudran’s brain was jammed with too many thoughts that made it impossible for him to think so.
Rudran’s brain freed itself to inform Rudran that “Your dad is dead. Get back to your home”.
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