The photos above were taken at times other than the golden hour photography in the morning or evening.
The colour,. exposure, brightness, shadows, the background look different from the photos taken posted below, during the golden hours of the morning or evening.
The sunlight and how the camera lens picked up the details, make the difference to the photos, to be as close to the natural tone and colour.
The original and something near to the original are different.
The original is authentic, the near normal to the original is only a pale shadow of the original.
Mrs Priyanka Gandhi, a candidate for the election to be a member of parliament, stopped her car while on her way to the constituency, when a person waved at her. She greeted him who told her, that his mother who was old and cannot walk to the road to greet her was keen to meet her. Mrs Gandhi offered to go with him to their home She spent 20 minutes at the house meeting with the lady and other members of the family. It was an unusual sight to see the Mrs Thresyamma embracing Mrs Gandhi and sitting next to her holding her hand.
The print press and the visual media publicised this widely as a gesture of Mrs Gandhi's genuine regards for a senior citizen. Her entourage had to wait till Mrs Gandhi returned to the car.
This is the heart of the matter. It was an authentic expression of genuine appreciation and consideration for a senior citizen. It is seldom we come across such an expression of thoughtfulness towards a person, who was until then unknown.
What is original is often unique !
The phots taken at the golden hours of the day are near to the natural loo. The spontaneous act of expression of kindness to a senior citizen was an authentic expression of kindness, which was unique.
What is common is a dichotomy between what is spoken and what is felt. The spoken kindness might not match the feeling within.
In this case the way Mrs Gandhi and Mrs Thresyamma responded to each other, had a heart level connection and communication. It was an authentic sight of mutual affection, without any guile or intention of gain.
It is an inner journey from appearance to feeling with the heart, which makes a home a rich place of relationships and mutuality!
M.C.Matthew (text and photo)
Mrs Priyanka Gandhi with Thresyamma from the daily news paper, Malayala Manorama, dated 23.10.2024
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