WHEN GOD WALKED THE EARTH CHAPTER 3
God is caught in a bomb blast on the train

Harry and Gods journey would first take them to Delhi and further on to Shimla and then to Kashmir. God and Harry boarded a first class compartment and made themselves comfortable on the two adjoining seats ,since it was summer vacation ,the train was running to its full capacity, as the train reached the next station ,the compartment in which God was traveling exploded as the train halted on the station .Such was the impact of the blast that the train lifted up from the track momentarily whilst its splinters flew out and landed in the buildings close to the railway tracks ,there was total darkness inside the compartment and it was filled with smoke.
God managed to escape unhurt and what He saw around Himself was totally nightmarish. There was complete chaos as people started jumping off the train ’In panic people were screaming and running helter skelter looking for their loved one’s , some were so panic stricken that they kept on running blindly without looking back not knowing where they were going, the one uppermost thought in their mind being to put as many miles as possible between themselves and the damaged train.
God who was unhurt went to rescue Harry and others injured in the blast , when He entered the compartment, He and Harry had occupied moments before, He saw the remains of bags, clothes and blood stains in the ripped compartment, a silent testimony of the barbarous acts of a few misguided people. Near the door lay a man who was trapped underneath another person , God pulled him by his tie and realized to His horror that the man’s head was severed from his torso. There were dead bodies scattered all around and those injured were bleeding profusely .God tried to save as many injured people as possible ,but God was worried about Harry ,He couldn’t find him anywhere in the compartment which was fast filling up with the smell of burnt flesh and the nauseous smell of blood ,God could no longer bear the stench and so He jumped out on the platform and He found Harry who was thrown out of the compartment by the blast, standing before the compartment with a shocked look on his face .The accident had so shocked him that he stood rooted to the spot staring vacantly into the mangled compartment .God put His hand on Harry’s shoulder and assured him that everything would be alright and he should get over it and help people who were injured and needed their help.
Near the station there were three places of worship belonging to three different religions ,the worshippers had just finished their evening prayers when they heard the huge thunder-like sound, all the devout rushed to help the blast victims, the devout belonged to different castes and communities who otherwise were always at loggerheads with one another, in that instant forgot their personal differences and together with God and Harry ,they helped the anguished victims to reach them to the hospital in which ever vehicles were available ,by the time it was all over ,it was very late and God started feeling very hungry All the eateries were closed for the day and God didn’t know how to get rid of the hunger pangs, one thing God didn’t like about this human body was that whenever He was hungry ,He felt very weak and sick .As God and Harry were coming out of the hospital ,God saw a sardar cooking roties and sag near the entrance .On seeing them ,the sardar offered both of them food. God was so hungry that He couldn’t wait for even a second to devour the food, as He was about to put the roti in His mouth, the sardar caught His hand, ”you are not going to eat plain sag without ghee ”,he put a big spoonful of flavored ghee on the sag saying” now you can eat your food my friend” God enjoyed every morsel of food He put in His mouth because it was served to Him with intense love and affection .Sardar suffered from a sickness which gave him only few days on this earth ,therefore he wanted to spend the last days of his life in service of others ,his unstinted service ,got him not only everyone’s blessings but even the blessings of God and to his amazement the next day when he went for his regular checkup ,the doctors were amazed to notice that the sardar had no disease, he was in perfect health .The words of his mother rang in his ears when he heard these good tidings ”my son be of service to every one, for you don’t know in which guise God will come before you” ,sardar was sure that the man whom he had served food late in the night was God in disguise ,His very presence smoothed away all his cares and He knew in his heart that from now onwards he would have a smooth journey because he felt he had met God face to face ,he fell on the ground where God had stood eating his offerings and sobbed with joy