family, to spend some time in the midst of nature. Unknown to you, there is a newspaper
photo-journalist in the vicinity who thinks your family walk in the park makes a good
picture to go with his article about the parks in the city.
Thus you end up in the pages of the newspaper and since you don't subscribe to the said newspaper you are not even aware of you and your family gracing the pages of the daily.
Till, your kid is asked about it by her friend's parent. Kind of what happened in the case
of my friend.
This picture came in the Deccan Chronicle newspaper (Chennai edition) of 23-Nov-2008.
The guy in the pic is a colleague and friend for more than a decade. A few of my friends who
visit this blog would also be able to recognise him, having worked with him. He had gone to
the Theosophical society campus in Chennai for a walk one weekend with his family when
they were snapped by a journo and ended up in the newspaper.
He was pretty excited about being featured in the newspaper, but could not get his hands
on a copy of the paper, since he did not subscribe to it. While I usually buy the DC, I did not
have this particular day's paper. Anyway, with the internet around, why would sourcing the paper be difficult ? Went to their online site and got the picture from their archives and sent
it to him.
What was that old quote again about every person in the world getting his / her 15 minutes
of fame ?
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