Mamma's Pet

  I was a little girl of only 10 years. I needed to get a passport-sized photo for admission in a new school. I was about to be admitted in Auxilium Convent, Bandel, for which I was quite excited. My parents asked me to be dressed in my previous school’s uniform for this photo shoot session.   My mother got me dressed in the red and white checked tunic and white shirt, with a little red tie, which was the uniform of my previous school. I went to a studio in Bandel with my mother, as my father had to work overtime that day. The photographer uncle was a kind and cheerful person. He asked me to sit upright on a pouf in his studio and clicked my photo. He clicked twice to make sure of getting a good-quality passport photo of mine.   When I was asked to get up after the photo shoot, I thought of having a photo with my mother as well. I requested the photographer, “Uncle, please can you click a photo of me and mother too?” He readily agreed and asked me and my mother to...

  People always try to protect their feet from all injuries or hard weather, as these are the parts which bear the total burden of their bodies. From ancient time, humans started the practice of tying some animal hides or strong barks of the tree around their ankles, so that their feet remained covered and protected while walking the jungles and mountains. Thus, started the custom of wearing socks on the feet, which is now too much popular among the people of all societies and of all ages.   Origin and reformation of socks down the history: The word “socks” is derived from the Latin word ‘Soccus’, which means loose-fitting slipper. The use of socks date long back to ancient man, as far as the 8 th century B.C., when mainly Greeks and Romans were known to put on socks, made from thick animal fur. Later socks became a status symbol among the richer class of the society or worn by the religious people in some European countries. Socks were generally knitted by hand till 158...