Call of the Aether.

Grim Silence as the Studio Audience waits...The Host paces up and down....Heavy steps are heard...A huge Man enters with thick, worn, hanging dredlocks.He is dirty, strong and has a scent of violence...He seats himself..

The Host sits and the Show starts..

Ladies and gentlemen...The only man whos third eye isnt blind...I give you Shiva...

(No Applause...Eerie silence)

Ahem...Lord Shiva...We were just talking to the Devil yesterday...He stated that his existence was not real...Are you real??

Shiva:Well...I am more real than the Devil...The Devil is more of a facade compared to me...I am THE Destroyer...

Okay...Would you say that the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attributed to you?...

Shiva:haha...You are funny...No...Those were the Americans...You dont understand..I Destroy...After my work...there would be no Hiroshima or Nagasaki..

Hmmm....Please explain..What would YOU use...if not a Nuclear bomb...

Shiva:Well my methods are different...When I dance only the Preserver can determine who survives...because his skills of Preserving match mine of Destroying...So if I had my way...There would be nothing...this studio...that audience...This Seat.. nothing....

Ahem...Total Anhilation...The End of the Universe as some people might say...

Shiva:oh yes,You get nice coffee there...



Yes...Enough about your work...tell us about yourself...

Shiva:Well I live in the Himalayas...I have a wife and 2 sons...

Hmmm...Very nice...They say you sleep a lot...

Shiva:Yes I do...

I cant help mentioning that the Devil was talking about the very same thing yesterday...He called it a deadly sin...Sloth...

Shiva:yes it is from His perspective...In fact my favorite Sins would be Wrath,Sloth and Lust...

Lets talk about your Wrath...Your past record states that you defaced one of your sons...

Shiva:Regretably Yes...It was an unfortunate incident...but I do have my solution to that problem..

Shiva draws an Immense MahaChillum...and fills it up with green material...He hoists the Chillum up above his mouth and lights it up....followed by a mother of a Pull...that blazes the top of the Chillum...The Host pulls back...A Cloud of smoke escapes Shiva's lips filling the studio...the Audience and the Host cough and feel light headed...

Cough Cough...Ahem...Dont you think that this solution is commiting One Sin to right another??

Shiva:I do not believe in Sin...A person with my Power and Purpose cannot be active throughout Eternity...The Ganja helps me to step back from the circle of life and observe the restless pace of life from outside...It helps you to achieve objective peace...You begin to see the life behind everything...and the beauty of it all...

And this Ganja...also lets you slumber

Shiva:Do not underestimate the healing powers of a long peaceful sleep...it leads to clarity and enthusiasm during wakefulness...

ok...lets talk about Lust...Your sex life is the stuff of legends...what do you think about this kind of publicity?..and the fact that your sex life has led the ppl to worship even your penis...

Shiva:Well...its a symbol of Virility and strength...and abt the publicity...I think the Kama Sutra was the cause of that...

Haha..yes yes....let us go on to more serious matters then...You are the God of Destruction...You say that there is a beautiful life behind everything...How does it feel to be the cause of death to so much that is beautiful

Shiva:Well...All that is beautiful cannot be saved for ever...that would be partial to the Truth... Only the Truth is eternal...everything else must pass...It is my Dharm to impose this order...

You are very humble inspite of the fact that you hold the most potent of all powers...Destructive power...Why is that so?

Shiva:My power is final...too final even for me...therefore I respect it and I respect all that I destroy

Lord Shiva...thank you VERY much..