Tunnel 7

The speaker announced – Minions are despatched. Echo watched over them from the stars. Every day he makes several things and passes it on to his minions. They carefully carry them to different space and time.

The speaker crackled again – Echo, it’s time to attend the holy summit. Echo was disappointed with the management. He neither got recognition, nor credits for what he does. But, still, he conjured himself to the summit. The cows, horses and even messengers were holy there except Echo.

He gradually dozed off. He forgot that it was his duty to raise an alarm and call others. When he woke up, everyone was staring at him. He got embarrassed and took a back seat.

The stage was set. All the gods arrived. On one side, the god of love, wisdom and all five elements were sitting. On the other side, the god of destruction, war, chaos and even calamities were sitting. In the Centre, the creator was sitting.

A question arrived from the crowd – Why are we here?

The creator said: It’s time for an announcement!

Today, I promote sugar as the god of sweets.

Other gods started cheering and applauding for sugar. With a holy shine, sugar sat on her holy seat.

Creator: I have one more announcement to make.

Echo was excited and curious now. Echo, you will be assisting sugar and the god of knowledge to spread sweetness. The meeting is over now. Indulge yourself in with the divine nectar

All the gods started enjoying.

Echo got frustrated and disappeared. He took all his materials and vanished. The speakers did not work. No one was able to hear anything and no one was able to say anything. There was no sound.

Echo descended down to earth and started drifting around.

Echo was unheard. He as invisible and no one knew he existed. All he could do was hop from one element to other. Surprisingly, he found few life forms roaming around. He shrunk himself and entered a tunnel. He summoned his minions and added few of his elements inside the tunnel. Slowly, the tunnel started reciprocation by reverbing. He added more elements and created new forms. Every time there were different responses.   

That’s when he realized the creators trick. He has to find his way to godship. He learned that the tunnel he experimented was actually ears. Gradually, his elements evolved to music and language.

He was heard by everyone and he was felt by everyone through sound.

He went back to his fellow god and retrieved their communication with an apology. And that’s where he earned his holiness.

The creator conjured all the other gods and made Echo the god of sound. 

Ashwin Muralidharan.....