In this episode of our podcast, we discuss the very famous and mysterious short story "Nine billion names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. Nine billion names of God' is a story about how a Tibetan lamasery is looking to use the latest technological advances in computer to write down all the possible names of God in a unique language they have created. It is said, by the Lamasery's abbot, that upon completion of this grandiose task, when God's name will be written, the Universe will GO OUT like a light. It is relatively a short story, so we encourage our listeners to read it before they listen to this podcast episode. This story is very unique and packs a really strong punch. The aftertaste of this story is such that you won't be able to pin what part of the story, which characters, what ideas hit you so hard that it left you a little bit different. This, we think, is exactly the genius of Arthur C. Clarke who comes from the fame of works like 'Space Odyssey', 'Childhood's ends', 'The Sentinel' and so on which placed him among one of the best sci-fi writers of all time. " So in this episode, we try to understand this Wonderful enigma of a story!!