One full page release about the winners of the prestigious Aditya Birla Scholarship for the year 2009 in ToI or The Hindu. I like to read through the names to know the mix of winners and when I saw a very familiar name of a boy who lived really next door to us in Brindavan, Thane, I was happy for him and his family. This boy has done himself good by being the winner of many academic contests.
What intrigued me was - there was not a single person in the group who had a smiling face! After having achieved such a big contest and being one of the winner should definitely bring a small smile atleast to these young faces...
I turn the page and see another set of winners - this time - a set of 12 school children in the age group of 8 to 12 - winning some competition in the State level... again, not a single smiling face... all of them looking serious and to a large extent worried and troubled.
Now I started looking at the expression of anyone who is on the newspaper for a smile... I bet, I did not get a single smiling face, except that of Dr.YSR in some smiling and hand-waving pose!
My thoughts went to my cousin whose photos in various parts of the net-world show a very smiling happy face.. in real life he is a serious person who hardly smiles. I went ahead looking at the ämerican"faces in the internet and newspapers. They seem to have a standard rule that they should give a big happy smiling face if they are facing camera!
Even a not-so-happy-news given with a not-so-serious-face makes the reader not get worried!
In our country we seem to be giving the happiest news with the grimmest face! Smile folks, smile! At least when there is a happy moment, a proud moment!
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