General

People once present to me with all their charisma and lust for life are now phantoms in my mind. I try to recall some image that captures their life’s essence but come up empty.

My wife says ” Do you remember Richard, that tall, skinny guy, bald head which he covered with that outlandish hat. He had that red bushy beard which grew down to his chest, always cracking jokes. You must remember. “

I recall the name and his allotted space in the gallery of my mind but Richard is just a reflected shadow lacking the colour and vitality of the original. Everything fades with time.

“Honey, I think I might know who has been stalking us.”

Reena’s Exploration challenge this week asks us to caption the photo.

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #98

“A favorite theme which reflects in my writing is perspective. I’m totally fascinated with the potential of this – how it creates different realities for each of us, and impacts the world. One wonders what is truth – scientific evidence, what we feel with our senses or a writer’s take which transports us to a different world.” ©Reena Saxena 

This is my take on writing two different perspectives on Arranged Marriage: my personal Perspective and my beloved Mother’s Perspective. I hope everyone enjoys reading this post. Please comment and like if you have a chance.

My Perspective on Arranged Marriage

An Arranged Marriage was never my first choice

I agreed after knowing him and dating him

I am devoted to my parents and they loved me even more

I knew that I shouldn’t be worried.

I believed there was a soulmate in the world, born for me

“Photography as an abstract art – It doesn’t matter what it represents.What matters is how one interprets it and feels its beauty.”

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For Reena’s Exploration Challenge

It is an Caption image prompt, which shows two persons staring at a wall with frames. The frames are either empty, or show silhouettes of people.

“What’s missing is the big picture.”

Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says to caption the above photo.

“I had no idea that you are related to Benedict Arnold”, said Lois.  Leo responded, “Apparently one of Benedict Arnold’s descendants Benedict III married his cousin Mary Arnold (who was descended from the William George side of the family) and he gained control of the family estate in Norwich, which I am set to inherit next week.  The Revolutionary War general is best known for being a traitor, which is not something that I am particularly proud of and I only found out last year after I had my DNA tested by 23andMe.  Then I joined Ancestry.com and I found a leaf which led me to my ancestors.  I guess it is better than finding out that I was related to Hitler.”

Written for Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 99 caption prompt.  This image shows two people staring at a wall with frames.  The frames are either empty, or show silhouettes…

Generation gap, is the title that is given if a person of one generation doesn’t see eye to eye with a person of the other. While the older generation is incorporating their values, the younger ones either follow if they find it of relevance, or merely adjust it to suit the prevailing times. While the older ones can’t blame or compare the younger ones as not being as capable/ wise as them, for it’s them who have incorporated the values, the younger ones shouldn’t make mockery of the bygone generations for not being as modern as them.

Everything boils down to a matter of perspective. Same situation elicit different reactions from different people, stranger still, same situation elicit different reactions from same set of people at different times. Here, nobody is right, neither is anybody wrong. A rainbow can be seen as 7 different colours or a single spectrum of…