Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Salvador
Dali, Frida Kahlo, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, and George Harrison - all of
these were artists had one thing in common – self-portraits. Demystify it to the
current trend – yes it’s a selfie!
Featuring oneself as a subject gives a self-esteem boost and if overdone
results in what the American Psychiatric Association names 'selfitis'. The association
last June classified taking selfies as a mental disorder. This month the talk
in my circles has been selfies. Clicking selfies has become a science with
defined do’s and don’ts and good selfies and bad ones! While selfie mania has
led to mental disorders and even death!
Have you head of this 24-year-old hyderabadi Bhanu Prakash
Racha, who quit his job as a research assistant at a hospital only for selfie practice?
The lad wants to challenge NFL star Patrick Peterson's Guinness World record of
1,449 selfies in an hour. Racha aims at 1,800!
Overriding the repercussions millennials make news with
selfies gone wrong. Fatalities trigged by selfies are rising. The last being the
two HSC students, who went to a reservoir in Nashik drowned in the waters,
while taking a selfie. Few weeks ago a 16-year-old student died while trying to
take a selfie with a speeding train in the background just outside Chennai.
Selfies on high points, with animals, before speeding trains
and water bodies are all open invitations for trouble. Duck faces and puts have
been illogically added to a good selfie. Many selfie experts ask for a turtle
neck and with messy hair while the real tacky ones are selfies before bathroom
mirrors.
Here are some tips
Selfie in water takes your focus off balance!
Selfie on high buildings, it will end in a fall
Selfie with animals, you never know if the creature behind
likes it or not
Selfie on railway tracks, it’s not funny at all
Selfie with weapons, it’s a killer pair. Never try it ever.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves selfies.
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