Her photograph..

"Somewhere in the dark recess of that wooden cupboard, there is a photo album. And somewhere the middle of the album is a photograph of Vaijayanti. She's leaning against a tree, looking up at something and smiling. What is she looking at? When was this photo taken? "

http://jikku.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-ask-you-write-10.html

4 yr old Charan ran to me asking ," thatha,who's this akka in this picture? she doesnt look any like paati!".i grabbed the photo guessing right, it was Vaijaiyanti, the most adorable girl those days.40 long yrs back,me in my wildest age,an aeroplane fanatic.How i loved to fly planes!I even dreamt of becoming a pilot.My small village has never seen planes, though in one of the rarest of rare moments, we could hear a distant "Vhrrrrrrrrr" up in the clouds.That friday evening,another "Vhrrrrrrrrrrr" in the sky.i vowed to capture the flying marvel in my dad's pre-independence model camera.i ran and ran gaping up at the sky, trying to follow the sound and i clicked my camera....I missed the plane, but i sealed Vaijaiyanti in the dark film roll. Not one,but many. She stood amazed watching the plane. I stood amazed watching her,forgetting the plane.