Clock is not time

Farid was alway inquisitive about time.Although,he never told anyone of it,he secretly doubted,if the day was actually of 24 hours.He had his alarm clock,which he always used to keep fast by 30 mins and of course,as he used to proudly brag, 30 mins faster than the wrist watch of my grand father.Keeping the watch faster was Farid's way of mocking at the very measurement of time and day.

Once,one of  Farid's Mamu called up from London and his Ammi asked,have you finished dinner.Farid was shocked,as it was morning in his town.Farid went to his Ammi and asked,why you are checking,if Mamu has taken dinner or not.To his amazement,his Ammi told him,how watch at London is fast by 4 hours.

These small incidents were creating great doubts in young Farid's mind and he wanted to understand,if time is simply,how you keep you clock or was there something outside the clock in time.

One fine day,when,he was depressingly confused on the status of time,he went to his grandfather and asked,why different people are at different stages in clocks.Before his grandfather could answer,he asked how can time at India be different from the time at London.Now his grandfather could guage,he will have to answer his grandson;He smiled and replied,dear son,its not the poor clock,which changes time across different places.He then informed Farid,time has to do with what position earth is vis a vis sun,in the course of its rotation of sun.Farid genuinely loved the answer,he could finally see an absolute being in earth;the tried,tested and each day seen earth.

However this discovery of time being linked to earth's rotation of sun made Farid more belligerant and he fastened his alarm clock by further 30 mins and was not 1 hour faster than the wrist watch of his grandfather.Farid sensed a pride in doing it,as he could control time and it dint matter to him,if he could not control earth.

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