The photo of that day... a beautiful memory!
That day was Sunday... Mom took out all the things in the cupboard. My focus is on albums. If they are turning...
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Thatday was Sunday... All the stuff in mom's cupboard came out. took
My focus is on albums. While turning them over... Mom came and sat next to her.
Then father too. Among them are the childhood, school, college, birthday and wedding pictures of grandparents... In addition to these, grandmother, grandmother, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-grandmother... all the relatives are together... in total there are tens of them.
Showing them, 'this is when my uncle went to their village, that is my Oni ceremony...' and mother went back to those days. Each photo... is so amazing. A collection of many memories.
Date, place and occasion are written on the back of some photos. Dressing up for those photos, putting on powder, going to the studio, sitting motionless with her hair done... she continues to talk about the details of that time without stopping. A mother who is busy with home and work duties... I felt very happy to forget everything and chat like that.
Back then it was great if anyone had a camera. Everyone in the know used to ask the same for vacations, festivals and weddings. They wait a lot until the reel is completed and the photo is received. In those photos I could see my grandfather Penkutillu. Now it has been replaced by a terrace.
That's why... those photos are not just memories. It is understood that they will introduce the fashions, the surroundings, the town... the history of generations.
Finally my childhood album... How she made me pick them up, then the mischief I did... This is what mom is saying. After Kodak, I bought an Olympus camera for myself... I used to take only 24 per reel and take it carefully for two or three months... After that, I gave the film to be washed... The day I got the photos... it was a small festival at home... I would show it to everyone in the office... I felt that the photo was amazing.
But after high school there are no photos of me in the album. If you ask the same...
'Then came the digital camera. The smartphone has been around for years. No cost and time to take a photo. Whether sitting or standing, photos, selfies... they are all safe in Google memory on the phone's hard disk. Time is passing fast as I think let's take some of them and print them from time to time. You are getting old' she smiled.
Yes, isn't it... When you have both, it's amazing. If you are capturing every moment... you don't know which of them should be printed or framed. As a result, now I... am not in the album!
Moreover, in those days, whenever I got around the house or got some free time, I used to play the albums. And today... 'We will show our children's wedding video... no, we will show the trailer', but they are politely avoiding it by saying, 'It's a bit of work... let's watch it again'. The only thing they have to look at is the sky. Can't be bothered to pick some of them... Years are rolling by without making an album.
Hence... nothing should be too much. Back then, there were less photos... more memories. Now... it's the reverse!
There are millions of photos. Feelings are melting!
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