Who Do You Think You Are
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Skull Hill looks deserted. There is no crowd crying for blood this time. The crucifiers are Jesus and myself. I carry the old man, put him on the cross and nail him. One nail on the left palm, one on the right palm. There is no blood this time, yet the old man screams in pain. Unlike Jesus who gave up the Spirit on his own, this old man does not want to die, he cries, he kicks his legs. I hold his legs with the help of Jesus, put one kicking ankle on another and drive the nail into them. The crown of thorns is placed on the head. That hurts, a lot. But I give up the ghost. It is finished. The new man is given dominion over the old man. This has been a coup. There is chaos amongst the rulers of the darkness of this world. You could read the breaking news strip running on their news channels: EMMANUEL BENDS THE KNEE. IS BORN AGAIN. DEFECTS TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The spirit having dethroned the flesh, started to enjoy a new life. Prayer meetings, Bible studies, Fellowship of the saints, Breaking of bread, Spreading the gospel. Old things are gone away. I see ‘The beginning’ on the screen. It is a beginning, but I wasn’t aware that it was also the beginning of a bitter struggle to the end. In the kingdom of Satan allegations are made, enquiry committees are set up to find out who was sleeping on the job. “How did we lose this game?” A devil whispers, “I told you, the plan was too risky.” They decide on Plan B and it is to be executed immediately to devour me back. Win back the ‘lost’ soul was the roar. The devils ask for a rematch. Jesus sends a message, “Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail.” The whistle is blown. The players shake hands. The re-match begins. The audience roars. A voice from the crowd screams, “Curse God and die.” The baby fumbles, gurgles, struggles, mumbles, “Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.” The match will last as long my body can endure, or till the Lord blows the trumpet. Which ever happens first.
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At the age of 33, Emmanuel Upputuru, India’s hottest creative person,* finds himself frustrated by physical injuries that have begun to cage his body. He embarks on a journey of self-discovery that unveils a shocking truth about his very existence: his identity was stolen from him before he ever set foot on this earth. The probe leads him to a scene of robbery and murder in a garden and to a place of skull in Jerusalem, where a war was waged on his behalf by a lamb with a mission to restore his original identity. But what was Emmanuel’s original identity? Are we just our bodies? How do we cope with physical pain? What are the three core fears of mankind? How can we be born again? These are some of the questions Emmanuel seeks to answer in his book, ‘Who Do You Think You Are’. Written over a period of eighteen years, using anecdotes from the advertising and cricket world, Emmanuel offers a radical take on the complex subject of Man’s Identity. ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ is an urgent book for a broken world. It can help us discover our true identity. Armed with this identity we can respond to conflicts better and conquer ourselves even as the world around us continues to trigger, troll, fight, divorce and threaten to nuke itself.
About the Author
Emmanuel Upputuru is a multiple Cannes Lion winning creative director who has spent close to three decades working on building the identities of Samsung, HCL Tech, Nestle, Motorola, American Express, Sprite and many other small and big brands. He is a born-again Christian living in Gurgaon, with his wife and two children. This is his debut book.