This book is different from any other book
It is neither a thesis, nor it is a novel,
Not it is a fantasy, not even a fairy tale.
With an event of mass disobedience we start,
No shot is fired, no one is physically hurt.
On a sunny day, at every airport of the world,
People queue up for check-in with no visa in hand.
One and all, in all the classes – economy, first or business,
No one had a visa; world citizenship each like to harness.
No international flight takes off
From Wellington, where the day starts;
From other airports of New Zealand too,
No other plane departs.
Nowhere in the world, from any airport,
Took off any International flight.
Following day was no different,
And the following night.
All airlines give up,
No end of the tunnel, no ushering light.
The main suspect behind these events was John.
John’s identity is however very clear;
To all passengers he is very dear.
For questioning his role in mass disobedience,
Arrested was John, and served punishing sentence.
He was punished to undergo forensic probes,
For extracting his memoir and his hopes,
To get the events that led him to his roles,
To his visions to cross boundary ropes.
It is neither a thesis, nor it is a novel,
Not it is a fantasy, not even a fairy tale.
It is the vision beyond the 21st and 22nd centuries
Know No Country Boundaries – Know No Family Boundaries.
Lateral is an entity of one planet, a person of no known gender. We don’t have a pronoun in our grammar to suit Lateral’s gender. We can’t use ‘he’ or ‘she’, so we shall use the pronoun ‘phe’; objective case of ‘phe’ is ‘phim’; ‘phes’ means – of or relating to phim, especially as possessor.
Lateral wanted to know about the world, especially about the people living on the world. Phe doesn’t understand the languages, the religions, the rules and regulations of this world. It is a daunting task to know about so many people living on this world, so phe probed into the brain of one citizen of the world to extract the memoirs of his life. This citizen of the world is John George; this book is about how John led his life in this world with some more people of this world.
Please excuse Lateral for phes lack of knowledge about the languages, the religions, the rules and regulations of this world. Phe doesn’t know what we call obscene or illegal. Please listen to phim and check if phe makes any sense to you.
one glass of bear on this day was far less importa
Christmas did not mean much to him; he felt rather enticed by the glass of beer that was supposed to be in the hospital lunch. Now he realised why Deanna had arrived here; she might not have any breakfast before leaving for the hospital; he realised one glass of bear on this day was far less important than sharing lunch with his wife Deanna, who had taken so much care to arrive here only using public transport. John went on to his wheel chair, asked Deanna to take the bottle of water from his table and place that on the wheel chair cup holder; he wheeled himself from the hospital block into the hospital garden; Deanna carried the lunch-carrier with her; together they sat on a bench below a tree and had their Christmas lunch together. The lunch from the tiffin carrier might not have been very tasty, but tears off their eyes made this Christmas lunch very special in the hospital compound, far better than a glass of beer John hoped to have on this day.
Book Excerpt
Know No Boundaries
During the Christmas holidays, many nurses used to take leave; so patients were encouraged to go home for a break. John was told that he could borrow the wheel chair from the hospital and go home in a taxi, specially designed for the disabled; John discussed this with Deanna and decided not to take the Christmas break, because it would be difficult to move about in the house using the wheel chair. However, on the Christmas Day, Deanna didn’t like to have her lunch alone in the home; she sent Jewel to Mandana’s place so that she could enjoy Christmas with them; she prepared a few dishes, which John liked most, put them in a Tiffin carrier and arrived at the hospital. But John was not expecting her to arrive at that time; he was rather looking forward to having the special Christmas lunch of the hospital; a few minutes before Deanna arrived, he had discussed with the patient, next to his bed, what they were expecting in that lunch. When Deanna arrived and offered to open the tiffin carrier, John found himself in an awkward position; he was under peer pressure from the other patients for enjoying their lunch together; he was not in a position to take Deanna to the lunch room where only patients are authorised to go; what Deanna had brought was too little to be distributed amongst peers; Deanna brought the dishes just enough for two persons — John and Deanna. John was not so religious; Christmas did not mean much to him; he felt rather enticed by the glass of beer that was supposed to be in the hospital lunch. Now he realised why Deanna had arrived here; she might not have any breakfast before leaving for the hospital; he realised one glass of bear on this day was far less important than sharing lunch with his wife Deanna, who had taken so much care to arrive here only using public transport. John went on to his wheel chair, asked Deanna to take the bottle of water from his table and place that on the wheel chair cup holder; he wheeled himself from the hospital block into the hospital garden; Deanna carried the lunch-carrier with her; together they sat on a bench below a tree and had their Christmas lunch together. The lunch from the tiffin carrier might not have been very tasty, but tears off their eyes made this Christmas lunch very special in the hospital compound, far better than a glass of beer John hoped to have on this day.
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