The untold story of time

For the first time in the history of time, let's start before the beginning i.e. before the advent of time; when one could sit idle and think forever on things that don't really matter without losing hair, job or anything to do with time. It was on one such ‘moment-less’ occasions that the first man (name withheld on author's whim) asked his creator a question. Yeah, the creator didn't mind having a two-way conversation when there was just one nice man instead of a trillion whining tongues. He asked, “what is a necessary evil?" As random as the question may seem, the creator had to answer and He did. Necessary evil was in front of the first man. And rest as everyone says - when short of remembering details that follow the main incident – is history, literally!

The reason I'm writing this now after some gazillion years have passed since this episode took place is that this is when 'time' came into being. The answer that is more complex than the real question gave the first man and his progeny the sense of time. The answer also brought along wars, backbiting and the need for men to bath, invent and buy watches and acquire variety of skills to face or dodge a million questions like "Why are you so insensitive?", "Why are you late?", Why did you come early?, "How do I look?" and other similar queries whose answer men can't find and because of which the creator stopped instant chats with humans and left them with questions of their own.

Lastly, one would like to wrap up the long story with some famous unanswered questions that have been asked by beleaguered sons of the first man to the creator-

What does she want?

Does “it’s fine” mean it’s not fine?

When will she get ready?

How on earth can I stop her from saying “whatever” after I put my point across in an argument?

Fare thee well!

(All characters and incidents in the write-up are fictional, are not intended to hurt sentiments of any individual or community and are solely meant for creative purposes)