Third Dimension

Arora lets off steam on Baisakhi morning

Seems like Srichand Arora had got to see last Sunday’s pic today. He came storming into the Garden threatening to take the photographer to task. “See me outside the (garden) gate after the exercises,” he growled. “I’ll teach you a lesson!”
In Arora’s perception, the photograph shows him being slapped by a woman – none other than Mallika Kagzi. But how and when that had happened, he has no idea. When Kiran Prakash reminded him that a “photograph does not lie”, he became all the more livid.
Funnily, Mallika also had no recollection of when the incident took place. “When did I hit you?” she asked Arora, genuinely concerned – only to admit that she too had not seen the photograph in the blog. Incidentally, the image has been climbing the list of Popular Posts (ref panel alongside) and today, occupies top position.

Close-up of the Sunday pic 

Somebody showed Mallika the photograph in a mobile phone and Shekhawat too peered into it – but neither got any wiser. With a helpless expression, Arora appealed to Mallika’s good senses and in return, received a comforting hand on his balding pate, consoling him for having caused any hurt. “Why should I ever slap you?” she said like an affectionate mother trying to comfort a sulking child. The moment Arora turned his back, she added, “Even if I had slapped you, I am not responsible!”
The truth of the matter is that nobody slapped anybody. A close look at the photograph would reveal that Mallika does not even raise her hand. In fact, both her hands are clasped together (see close-up alongside). The point at which the photograph was clicked, she was having a friendly chat with Arora. But a blurred image of the arm of a man walking in the background, gives the impression that she had raised her right hand to deliver a slap. Worse still, Arora (for some strange reason) at that very moment raises both hands to his cheek as though, to duck the slap. It is this reaction shot that establishes the action – a classic example of 'third dimension' in still photography.
Harish Wadhwa:
Blog Master, no justification for the lovely pic. We have the right to interpret it the way we like. After all we are in a democracy. Who does not know that two peaceful souls never fight.
Bihari Milwani:
* How can Srichand Arora say it is his photo? The man in red T-shirt has hidden his face and cannot be identified. The photographer can file a suit against Arora for wrongfully threatening to bash him outside the Garden after the exercises.
* It is further confirmed that this is not Srichand Arora as Mallika Kagzi denies having committed any such act against him.
* And how can Srichand Arora, who has been punishing others for being without cap, himself be without cap at any time? It is definitely NOT Srichand Arora.