God was
delighted. It was during these times of intense creativity that he found
himself happiest. The pleasure of creating something from completely nothing
was incomparable. It was way more interesting than maintaining and managing a
running system.
He had a lot
of plans for this cycle of the universe; things he had been planning for eons
during the last cycle. In fact, it was with a lot of glee that he had embarked
on the last Big Crunch- take it all back to nothing and start building again.
The previous
day, he had given shape to the basic structure. He had decided on what
percentage of the universe should be matter and what percentage energy. Then
with a wicked grin, he had made 78% of it invisible – let them try and figure
that out! They might call it dark energy and dark matter for all he knew!
Later on, he
put in his latest inventions – protons. He liked their positive nature. But then
he also had to add equal number of electrons. He did that reluctantly, frowning
at their negativity. Once the basic building blocks were ready, he had wound up
for the first day.
It was on
the second day that he added shapes- all the potential shapes that could
exist in this cycle of the universe. The easiest was the triangle. He liked the
three-sides-three-angles shape. Quite simple and basic. Besides, he liked the
number three. The rectangle was a tad
more complex but logical after the creation of the triangle. Step by step, he
created the pentagon, the hexagon etc. As he created each shape, he fed that into
the production server.
It was right
at the end that he had the brainwave. He had visualized a completely new shape.
It was more symmetrical than any shape before that. It was simple, elegant and curvaceous.
It was a masterpiece of creation. Its sheer symmetry and beauty took his breath
away. As he created the prototype, he looked at the properties on his computer –
it was perfect. The perimeter was always proportional to a straight line drawn
between any two points of the shape, passing through the center. He decided to
call such a line the diameter. In fact, what delighted him most was that the
perimeter to diameter ratio was a perfect number – three - irrespective of the
size of the shape. God permitted himself the luxury of rubbing his hands in
glee (thereby inadvertently also creating electricity).
He would now
upload this perfect shape into the production server. He looked at the console –
the magic ratio, 3, was visible on the screen. He hesitated a moment before
pressing the button, drinking in the number.
It was at
that precise moment that his pesky little brother, Devil barged into the
workshop.
‘Dude, what
is this amazing shape?’ he asked lunging at the perfect shape. As God’s finger
pressed the button, devil touched the shape, which immediately lost its
perfection.
God stared
at the screen aghast. It said...
Uploaded
Shape –
Circle
Perimeter to
Diameter ratio – 3.1415926535… Oh damn, it doesn't stop!!
