THE ETERNAL SWIRL

Fifty years spanning three generations whizzed past at an amazing speed. Ammumma (Moothedath Lakshmi amma), Achan (Pallath Balakrishna Menon), Devucheriamma (Devaki) are all memories. This picture gallery captures some fleeting moments in time, Ammumma to Pranav.

Each half century of future will slide to history at even faster speed. while making the family chart, Appu (Anand) was asked to create a background for the slide. Unconsciously he made a churning swirl -does that symbolize the eternal swirl as generations go into oblivion, newer generations emerge to a faster better world.

Most of these pictures are scanned images from post card photographs. Digital camera came into vogue only few years ago. Technologies will leapfrog to incredible levels . Save this disc somewhere safe, antiquated though it may offer a link into the past if someone intercede before it’s obsolescence.

Madhavan (re published from the original written in 2004)