Oh Granny!

It was a light drizzle down this morning. And a flash of lightening. BOOM! My Grandmother was no more a 70 year old. Rather, she was a 24 year old. That means 10 years younger than my mother!

It had started early this morning, while she was walking towards the vegetable shop owned by her friend. In the way she saw a photo studio which she had never seen before. In the display glass, there were pictures of actors and actresses who acted in the movies of the 1900’s to 1980’s. She found this special and went inside. She viewed a photo booth which gave her retro vibes after a long time. A wall with a completely grand design, a black camera in a box with a long tripod and a black cloth around it, unlike the DSLR which we see today. This represented the 20^th century culture. As she was remembering her memories with these kind of photo booths, a man came out of the darkroom behind her. It had a teak wood entrance door neatly polished and cleaned. The man had a completely white mane and beard in the same colour. He wore pince-nez glasses which were square in shape. He started a conversation.

“Miss, would you like to get a photograph of yourself. It is free of cost and you would get the hard copy within a few days.”

“Oh, no. I just came inside as I was remembering my youth and childhood memories here. Anyway, I am not so beautiful.”

“Oh, please don’t say that. You are pretty”.

“If you call this beauty, you must have seen me when I was in my mid 20’s. Anyway, can you take a photograph of me?”

Saying this she walked towards the wooden chair beside her, while the man smiled slyly. FLASH! The thing happens. She becomes young again. She walked out the room and went towards her house forgetting that she had to go to the shop. While she was talking to her family members, nobody would recognise her. They would enquire her, about her family and whereabouts. She got puzzled when she herself checked in the mirror. She got surprised and gleefully ran away from the back door. She was very happy. She actually deserved it. She worked hard in her youth to bring up my mother and her other children to this position. She first went shopping as she loved doing that. She bought clothes for herself matching with today’s trends. Then she got herself a haircut which made her look like Aubrey Hepburn a famous Hollywood actress. While she was singing a merry song in the trial rooms, a famous musician heard her while he was passing by and gave an offer which she couldn’t reject. She was asked to be the main singer of a concert two weeks away. She accepted that offer and devoutly practiced for it. Back at home, we all were puzzled about the incident which took place that morning. Nobody was willing to think about something else.

Two weeks went away very fast. She was all prepared for the concert. But still, she was very nervous. She had a lot of stage fear, which she didn’t even disclose to a soul. She sang very nicely. Many people were clapping, whistling and throwing colourful pieces of paper in the air. She was very happy. Then she escaped from the place and went to an isolated park. An hour or two after the concert there was rain and a similar thunder like two weeks ago. BOOM! She again came to her normal self. As soon as she realized that she went away to her family who were eagerly waiting for her.

After a few minutes of the happy ending, I heard a faint voice similar to my granny’s. After a few lazy moments, I woke up to see that all of this was a dream. It would be jolly good if all of this was a reality.

GOOD MORNING!