Yamadharmaj reforms

Yamadharmaraj was very much aware that in his business there are no excuses for inaction. He rounded up few ghosts with exceptional computing expertise and set to work on them. For the sake of company he included his deputy in the discussions, as he did not want to leave loose ends. Yama had another hidden agenda - to take over the data base inscribed in the ledger held by Chitragupta.

The first technical glitch pointed out by the ghosts was how to spread the App to the earthlings without the help of a platform of an App stores.
Yama asked them, “Is it not possible to find ways to avoid all these diverse routing? Do not forget, the objective is to establish direct contact with users”.

The ghosts went in to huddle and held a deep discussion, throwing out technical jargons. Though Yama and Chitragupta were mercifully spared the pain of mind crunching, the avalanche of ‘bytes’ left them little disoriented. Coming out of the huddle the ghosts explained it was possible to create a ‘worm’ that can carry a zip-unzip strain and infest the App stores with the App to be developed by them. This would be a ghost program and the host computers cannot detect it and activate defensive measures.

Yama asked with impatience, “Then what was the problem you were referring to?” The tone really frightened the ghosts – experts or not they have never been scared to death earlier, like this. A ghost who was frightened the least replied, “The infestation can happen only when a Smartphone loaded with our App is used to browses internet, on earth. That is the catch! And after that it transmits to other cell phones by itself, whenever calls are made.”
The second difficulty brought in to the open was “in what medium the App has to be written?”

On hearing this, Yama became furious and roared at the ghosts, “If this is the state of your intelligence then why were you called in as experts? No matter what, you all will sit together, discuss, devise and deliver or suffer in the extreme”.

At this point, Chitragupta came alive with an imaginative solution. Hesitantly he asked, “If I bring you face to face with an earthling, can anyone of you then break in to his Smartphone and write the ‘worm’ and App, while I keep him engaged?”

The simplicity of the solution stunned every one of them, especially Yama inducing in him an uncertainty  complex that Chitragupta might try and usurp his throne one day or other in the future. He instantly doubled his vigilance against Chitragupta and wowed to thwart any evil design. He did not forget to make a mental note that once the task on hand is finished, the matter of Chitragupta must be dealt with.
 
The third severe strain was expected in uploading data from the ledger of Chitragupta to a huge data base in an understandable format for the computer.

Chitragupta, who was lolling comfortably, suddenly came alive and in utter confusion blurted out, “when I am there why worry about the magnitude of the task. I will certainly help in finishing it quickly. He added, “When I am at it I would like to finish it in style!” Yama felt that the last punch line of Chitragupta was unwarranted and self serving – when there was no option but to comply with.

Anyhow, Chitragupta was unwittingly taking those extra steps towards reformation and only that mattered to Yama. After the roll out, he decided to set aside sufficient time to deal with Chitragupta who was slowly becoming an enigma – sometimes very naive and at times brilliant like an exploding supernova.

Proud of his innovative initiatives and unmindful of becoming redundant in the scheme of things in Yamlok, Chitragupta sat gazing at the performing ghosts, vaguely recollecting the accident in which a score of artisans lost their lives.