Selfiesss!!!!... A couple of years
back it was defined as
self-portraits; but now it’s synonymous to madness, addiction, self obsession
etc etc etc.... ok let me confess, half n hour before making this post go
live, I clicked 3 Selfies in order to admire the shade of my new
lip-gloss. I continued clicking pictures till I underway, hated the shade and
cursed myself for purchasing the horrid lip-gloss that made me look less classy in the selfies. No, I am not an addict but hey, clicking selfies and
later looking at them gives me an external perspective to my facial features
and the cosmetic additions made to them; that is my idea. And at times when the
image turns out to be surprisingly nice, I upload it on social media to enjoy
adulations and praises from the masses. That’s me, not an addict but an enjoyer
of self-potraits.
The other day in the train I was noticing a girl sitting next to me, who was clicking pictures of herself with the
front camera, totally oblivious to the outer world. On perceiving further I
noticed that she was focusing on her pimple (under her nose towards the left)
in each of her photograph very creatively. I know this cause, she was zooming
in and out of the picture and her main emphasis was on her pimple. I was rapt
with this activity of hers. No sooner, she believed to have found the perfect
pimple-picture, she instagrammed it and gave a caption which read- “Ohh the
damning evil pimple- making me look so dreadful”. This made me wonder, was she
clicking a perfect ugly picture of her self; because she didn’t look ugly in
any of the pictures. I have noticed this pretty girl clicking selfies on
almost all the days we have travelled together. No, she doesn’t know of me; I
have just been a silent admirer of her pictures in a very much less creepy way.
The world would obviously call her an addict, a crazy addict; but I won’t as
for me, she is a person who respects her face and her pimples and makes the
world believe that she looks beautiful even with a pinkish spot on her face!!
Now let’s talk about celebrity Selfie
queens who post pictures when they are apparently about to
I have a friend from work who I won’t name,
and she is addicted to clicking selfies but will never post it anywhere. She
clicks it for her pleasure and she keeps looking at them at random intervals. I
saw her staring at her selfie for as long as 7 minutes continuously. I waited
hoping she might look away at some point; but she didn’t and kept staring. As I
was madly in need to go to the loo, I had to leave my investigation mid-day.
Now, being a selfie
lover myself, I hate the brand “Selfie addicts” given to anyone. Let’s call it
an art of loving oneself by admiring the photogeneity in oneself. As long as it
doesn’t distrupt the daily functionality of a human being, what is wrong with
clicking selfies that tell u a story about you…. Looking at the pictures, you
can imagine what, when and how you were feeling at a certain point of time…
tells you what expressions make you look like a princess and what make you look
like a moron. I have experienced this. Thanks to my selfies, I know what
expressions make me look like a retard. There are times when I look at selfies
and introspect about my personality by pondering on my activities of the day.
For eg: if I have fought with someone on the day I clicked a selfie, I keep
looking at the selfie and realize how the altercation-impact has evidently
reflected on my face and makes me solicitous about the matter. At times I
continue to be a donkey but there are times when I try to accept my mistake
with a willingness to change. Yea, all because of a selfie!!!!
I don’t support the art of clicking selfies
with animals, who you otherwise hate, and uploading them on social media in
order to make one look like an animal lover with a caption- “me and my poochie pumpalacious.
I resent that; but it’s indeed silly to
call a lady who has uploaded her selfie on social media for the world to see. She
is sharing a moment of her life…let’s be happy and considerate about that. After
all, we all agree that a woman belongs to the prettiest gender on earth; and
admiring her beauty is admiring god’s creativity. So, all I am going to tell
the Selfie Lovers on this planet is to continue doing what you love, because
there is a certain percent of populace on earth, who loves to see the magical
you.
Now before I end
my blog, I would like to share some selfies of mine with my favourite selfie
partners….
1)
The person who tops the list,
is Ms Natasha Vinod, my little sister who is 10 times more mature and 20 times
intelligent than me. I call her Pumpkin Pasty. This pic was clicked days before
she left India to pursue her higher studies in The United States of America.
She is my pillar of strength that has always been there for me with her pretty
face, ever ready to solve my problems. Her elegant face is the reason in the
picture that makes my face look appealing too. J
2)
The second is my Grand-dad, who
is an Ex- Military guy with a mustache that defines strength, might and
courage. Well, he is definitely all that but more than that, he is the sweetest
person on earth. He loves posing for pictures but hates smiling in them. My little
old cute-heart.
3)
The third is Ms Bhat (Siddhika
Bhat), I love her for many reasons…the easiest reason being, we had been roomies
for 2 years during our MBA course. She is a chirpy little muffin who has been a
part of my soul during the whole tenure. At times when we felt we had nothing
better to do, we would go on clicking random retarded selfies in order to make
our day.
Image Credits: Google
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