Selfie points are a great idea
Updated On: 03 February, 2024 04:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Lindsay Pereira
It’s interesting to see how India’s politicians are making themselves more and more relatable to the common man
My hope is that the enthusiasm with which 3D selfie booths will inevitably be greeted will encourage more booths at every major intersection and government building across the country. REpresentation Pic/X
I have been desperately trying to click a photograph of myself alongside the most honourable Prime Minister for a while now. I have no social media accounts, but I’m sure I can think of a few places where the photograph could go. As the two or three regular readers of this column obviously know, I have been an unashamed admirer of this erudite, intelligent, legendary human being for years, so a photograph with him would undoubtedly occupy pride of place in my humble apartment. Meeting him in real life doesn’t seem possible at the moment, so I realize my pressing questions about his favourite fruit, or his mastery of Entire Political Science, will have to wait. Until then, the next best option I have is a photograph beside a cut-out: a selfie for my WhatsApp profile.
I’m told this wish may come true sooner than I hoped, thanks to the government’s fabulous decision to put up permanent 3D selfie booths featuring the most honourable Prime Minister’s image at railway stations across the country. Initial reports peg the number of booths at 50, spread through Bombay, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur. My hope is that the enthusiasm with which they will inevitably be greeted will encourage more booths at every major intersection and government building across the country. I foresee crowds thronging these railway stations for the selfies alone, and believe the stations may soon become more popular than the cities in which they exist. Selfie booths are a sign that we are finally ready to be players on the global stage.
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