The two parties on either side of the time-honoured-but-now-gone-out-of-favour photographic camera, namely the person(s) to be shot and the photographer happened to be the same, the device having the facility of timer allowing time for the latter party to join the former in a matter of a few seconds long before the phenomenon of selfie, armed with any model of smart phone came on the scene, but the now-all-too-familiar term was unheard of until not too long ago. More than 900 million people across the land are said to be in possession of the hand-held demon, a rapidly rising number among the masses changing over to its multi-function models, clinching selfies for momentary euphoria. If some day in future taking selfies of the country becomes a reality, the emerging picture is bound to be of great help in taking a leisurely but close look at its real image portraying the profiles of citizens, particularly the current public image of the self-declared netas, which doesn’t need elaboration in this column.
Pictures of the land’s eminent citizens adorning the interiors of public buildings such as the nation’s Parliament and Offices of the Government Departments no longer seem to inspire anybody nowadays, not to speak of recollecting the thoughts and deeds of the galaxy of those luminaries of the land’s past.
