Recently I saw a cartoon in a newspaper showing 2 robots giving massage to two humans. The robots are shown as all metallic and not like the one in Rajnikant film, "Robot". And that set me thinking. Is this what we will see in future? Or is the future already upon us.
I already see a future newspaper headline "Caught drinking on the job". A robot working as a masseur was caught drinking on the job... And what was he drinking? He was drinking the oil which is used during massages. The future news shows on TV will see a killing story in this and will reach the crime spot and interview the culprit robot. And they will start the interview with that question which is oft-repeated on Indian TV..."Yeh Jo aapne itni pi lee hai...ab aapko kaise lag raha hai!" And keeping very calm and putting it's best poker face forward (since it is metallic it cannot show any other face but a poker face), the robot will reply, again oft-repeated, "bahot accha lag raha hai, jee... People like you come to our centre for oil massage. By getting a message you feel refreshed, you feel energised, you feel invigorated... But for us, just a glass of the very same oil delivers the very same benefits... All our creaks and cranks disappear, leaving us fully energised for the next round of giving massages" and suddenly the robot broke into a full on robotic rendition of a very iconic song,"thodi si Jo pi lee hai...chori toh nahi Ki hai..." in a very nasal voice, which was very famous during the 2005-2015 decade in India. And suddenly the robot bodily picks up the reporter and twirls the reporter in the air... The reporter gets all giddy and passes out. Bored with its own antics, the robot throws out the reporter through the window... The reporter almost losses his life. That's it... This is enough for the other brand of TV reporting to take up where the previous TV show had left off.... At 11.00 pm. in the night, suddenly a shriek fills up the air..."yehi hai...yehi hai woh zalim robot jisne ek begunah aur masoom TV reporter Ki jaan aafat me Dali" , shrieked the bearded pony tailed reporter, who himself looked like the villain of some old c-grade Bollywood movies. "Gaur se dekhiye...yeh robot, upar se toh bhola Sa lagta hai, lekin chori chipe Tel peeta hai...aur Tel pike yeh ek haiwan Mein badal jata hai...aur masoom reporteron Ki jaan ka dushman Banta hai...citizens...aise massage centre se dur rahiye, jahan aise darinde paale jate hai...Savdhaaan....".
And some scientists return their rewards, since the government cannot protect the Aam Janta from this new scourge of society, the evil metallic robot...
Yatin
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