All for a Photograph

Author(s): Vishwesh Ranjan Varma
Publisher: Z_Jain_Vidyalay_Hirak_Jayanti_Granth_012029.pdf

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in the meantime, as if, from nowhere there descended a spider on the antique, the glittering golden dream frame of Ramans and started to spin a complicated comely web of nets all over the frame. Seeing it Mr. Raman and his family started laughing at the bathos of the whole episode. "Nature perhaps abhors Vacuum", Mr. Raman reflected. "yes Papa, "Monu prompted. "Anjali, me too had this idea of not taking the photograph from there, but to quench your curiosity I did pay the remaining amount to the photographer and brought it here. Any way it was bad luck and nothing else." Mr. Raman stated, and felt consoled. Everybody was still. Sonu and Monu were planning how to tackle the queries of Vicky and Monty about their much publicised photograph. Anjali was deeply thinking about what she would do tomorrow when Mrs. Chawla would come to tea. Ideas of various sorts were juggling in her mind. Mr. Raman was relatively cool but the little shock of losing a hundred bucks in the photograph mis-adventure was surely somewhere casting a lasting spell in his mind. Assistant Teacher, Shree Jain Vidyalaya, Calcutta हीरक जयन्ती स्मारिका अध्यापक खण्ड / 37