Colours of Expression

My childhood was like "life in a bubble". I didn't really know anything beyond the horizons of the bubble or rather, never felt the need to know. By God's grace I'm blessed with some friends on whom I can actually count on. My parents have instilled the upbringing in me that there are no short cuts to success. I always had to put in a lot of hardwork to get whatever I wanted; even if that was a toy. I was so content being with my friends and just attending school, doing my homework, being disciplined and innocent that I never felt the need to know anything beyond these limits. And like all good things have to come to an end, the bubble finally burst ! The consequences... well, I don't know whether I should refer to it as good or bad. But I guess everything has its positives and negatives. That's how life gets balanced at every stage. The positive part was that I actually realised that not all people in the world are as good, caring, disciplined, reliable ...

Most of the GenNext youth prefer not giving any importance to relationships. They are extremely broad-minded, believe in being self made people and give least importance to family and relatives. This is just the first “extreme” condition I’m talking about. Here people are so busy with their own lives that they begin thinking … “Where’s the time to go and fulfill my obligations and responsibilities towards my family”. They’d prefer hanging around and whiling away time with friends at a popular hangout place rather than spending time with family and relatives. Attending a friend’s birthday party becomes more important than attending your closest cousin’s marriage! And as far as college life is concerned meeting your boyfriend or girlfriend and chatting about nothing at all is more important than a prayer ceremony that may be being held at home. To top it all, lying at home, lying to your elders to fulfill all such unnecessary obligations is simply not acceptable. Is this what our culture...

Imagining life without colour was practically impossible for me...!!! Colour was such an inseparable part of my life !!! Life seems so much better with all its different hues and shades trying to create harmony and balance within each other's existence. As much as this sounds crazy, I've realized that the basic shades of colour i.e. black and white could equally be as much interesting as colours. In fact, I would call it a far more balanced phenomenon than colour. Lesser the dimensions and scope, lesser are the complexities involved. Most of us live our life in colour these days. Our expressions depict various hues and shades through a single day. Anger, jealousy, hatred, happiness, sorrow, frustration, excitement are just some of them. Knowingly or unknowingly, at times, we trade these colours with the virtue of our soul. I'm not debating the fact if this is right or wrong, its just that when you compare a similar scenario with basic shades like black and white, you will...

There are various factors that compelled me to title the above photograph as "Colours of Expression : The Picture" . A first look at the picture will immediately bring to your mind the colour 'blue' only because of its significance in representing sadness & depicting sorrow. But a careful observation will reveal a lot more than what meets the eye. The subject is positioned in the light while darkness surrounds her. Darkness is symbolic of lack of morals, ethics and principles in life, anger, jealousy, betrayal, lies, fakeness, corruption, narrow mindedness and a lot of similar things. The light represents the goodness within one's soul; the power to overcome the darkness and fight back for human rights and justice. The subject isn't sad about facing the darkness but instead is preparing herself mentally and physically to face the challenges that lie ahead. There is a very thin line between what is right and what is easy. The subject, very religiousl...