You remember the old time-y paper photographs, which we used to have? Each of those photos was unique. Each of those photos would take you down the memory lane. Each of those photos would tell a wonderful story.
That photo while standing under granny’s ‘anjeer’ tree, or that photo while eating watermelon by the canal with your college buddies. That photo of your palm while holding snow for the first time, or that beautiful photo of your sweetheart, holding a handmade colorful candy doll, while walking through chinatown. All unique photos tell a story.
With the onslaught of digital media, the uniqueness of photos is diminishing. Each photos will have twenty other photos with a slightly different angle, or a slightly different pose.
With the eagerness to get that perfect shot out of the twenty, we are losing one important character of the photographs. We are losing ‘flaws’. Those flaws made the pictures unique. They feel human, because of their flaws.
Many of those photos were not perfect, some were out of focus, some were at a not so flattering angle, some had not so good lighting, some had people caught in a weird pose or caught with eyes closed. But…they would always tell a great story.
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This blog aspires to be like that old time-y unique photo. Of course, the blog will be more word-y, with an occasional photo/video/something. The blog would most probably be flawed. But I sure hope that it will tell some small insignificant story…
The topics of the blog would be from anywhere and everywhere. There would be technology, and there would be travel. There would art, and there would be science. There would be poetry, movies and songs. There would be memories, thoughts, and random tit-bits.
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My name is Prerit Kumar, and welcome to my place on the web…