SMS Yourself to Salvation

"Reach out to God! Make offering(Rs 10-Rs 150) via SMS! Sms to 64655 @ Rs4/msg. ..."

This is a message I got a couple of weeks ago. So the world has evolved from the days when pujas could be offered on the net!

Salvation is just an SMS away. What else? Marriage? "I do." Simple enough to SMS. Divorce? "Talaq. Talaq. Talaq." Not tough.

How about sex? Why not? Here is what a marketing message (sms) might look like - "Reach out to the most beautiful women in Kasauli. Choose from: Meena: Rs 500. Munni: Rs 750. Mira: Rs 1000. SMS 66666 @ Rs4/msg. Our trusted associates with have safe sex with your chosen one. It is the thought that matters."

Philosophers, seers and saints would love this. Let everything, save eating, happen from a distance. Disengage from the worldly matters. Let SMS be the way to distance yourself from reality, and lead you to salvation. Of course, marketers would love this too!