May 23. “Button, who’s god?”

“What do you mean? We all know who god is. We are here because of him.”

“American scientists have created life in a lab!”

“I beg your pardon!”

“Sach. A team of scientists, three researchers of Indian origin, has created bacterial cells that are completely controlled by genes manufactured in the lab. The cells can multiply.”

“Is this good or what?”

“I don’t have a clue. But the ability to artificially design an entire genome—the ‘book of life’ that controls an organism’s functions—gives a different spin on words like creation, evolution and life.”

“Good lord!”

“In other words, US geneticist, Craig Venter, and his team is playing the role of god.”

“It scares me.”

“What else will man achieve?”

“Better left unsaid.”