When I was small, we didn’t have a camera at home. Mobiles with cameras were also very few. This meant that I have practically no photograph of me, my sister and my mom during my growing up years. There are just occasional photographs when we attended a party and requested the friend to give us a copy of the photograph.

I really feel so sad about it. It seems I have lived a major chunk of my life without anything to show for it. I have no childhood photographs to show to my kids. They often ask me how I looked as a kid. I can only describe it to them.

When I grew up, I decided to stop this forever. I got a handy camera and started clicking photographs. It all started with my marriage and now I have photographs of mostly all major events in my life. Me and my wife captured them with lot of love and interest. All the photographs are nicely arranged in the album. We have written messages underneath writing a certain special thing about the moment. It is like our whole world lying inside those albums.

Whenever I feel lonely, I take out the albums and just by looking at them; my mood perks up. It gives me immense joy. I have clicked many photographs of my mom and sister also. I am happy I have captured their later years.

There are times when are too much in a hurry and feel how does it matter to click pictures or not but I feel- it does matter. There are certain days and moments that never return. They go away and the only thing left is memories. So it is very important that we always keep them with us. Atleast, I feel that. I just wish we had a camera when we were small.

But let me take your leave now. Please take care. Bye.

The ‘common man’ was pleasantly surprised by a visit from his mom. It was when they were sitting in the balcony sipping coffee together that his mom took out two small passport size photographs. The common man was surprised to see them. They were the photographs of him and his sister as kids. He was just too happy. He looked at his mom and saw tears in her eyes.

The photographs were taken by his dad before he left them.