What is it with Passport photos? They gang up with application forms to make us run through several hoops and loops . Here is sample behaviour of passport photos (and their accomplice - application form).
1) You take 6 passport photos of yourself. You use 2 and save the rest for another time. Now when you need to fill another application form you have no worries as the photos are already there. You just need to stick them while submitting. On the day of submission, you search high and low for the pictures and they are nowhere to be found. You turn out the cupboards, you fling open the shelves and empty all contents on the floor, you upturn your bedding, but the photos are still invisible. Nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile your house looks like it’s been struck by robbers.
2) You take another 6 passport photos of yourself. You use 2 and save the rest for another time. This time you remember where you saved it.
You are jubilant that you already have 4 passport photos. On the day of submission, you fill up the form and smugly take out photos from your strongbox. Only, then you realise that you require 5 photos for this particular but unusual form.
3) You take another 15 passport photos of yourself. You use 5 and save the rest for another time. 10 photos should suffice for any future application form, right? Next time you fill the application form, double-check the number of photos required and sing contently to yourself. On the day of submission you fill out the form, take out the photos and start applying the glue. Just as you are about to smack your nose hard (on the photo I mean) to stick the picture, you read the fine print. The photo should be in a blue background, not white. Or it should be a mug shot of your face only. The one you have also shows a generous bit of your heavy silk duppatta (stole).
4) You fill an application form. You have the right number of passport photos with the right specifications. You submit the form and few weeks later wave your Passport/PAN Card/Driving License excitedly on your friend’s face. Your friend examines the card and comments – “This is you? Ha..ha.. You look fat/old/plain/balding… and you’re gonna flash this everywhere for the next few years!”
The comment finds its mark and you head back home, a bit less thrilled. You think of preparing a good cup of coffee to lift your now black mood. There’s a set of passport phots under the coffee mug. You swear and sit down on the sofa. There’s a passport photo under the sofa leg. You pick up a book to read. You find a photo-set in lieu of a bookmark. In exasperation, you fling the book on the table and decide to take your dog for a walk. You find him chewing something. Oh! It’s your passport photo. “Good dog”, you say.
1) You take 6 passport photos of yourself. You use 2 and save the rest for another time. Now when you need to fill another application form you have no worries as the photos are already there. You just need to stick them while submitting. On the day of submission, you search high and low for the pictures and they are nowhere to be found. You turn out the cupboards, you fling open the shelves and empty all contents on the floor, you upturn your bedding, but the photos are still invisible. Nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile your house looks like it’s been struck by robbers.
2) You take another 6 passport photos of yourself. You use 2 and save the rest for another time. This time you remember where you saved it.
You are jubilant that you already have 4 passport photos. On the day of submission, you fill up the form and smugly take out photos from your strongbox. Only, then you realise that you require 5 photos for this particular but unusual form.
3) You take another 15 passport photos of yourself. You use 5 and save the rest for another time. 10 photos should suffice for any future application form, right? Next time you fill the application form, double-check the number of photos required and sing contently to yourself. On the day of submission you fill out the form, take out the photos and start applying the glue. Just as you are about to smack your nose hard (on the photo I mean) to stick the picture, you read the fine print. The photo should be in a blue background, not white. Or it should be a mug shot of your face only. The one you have also shows a generous bit of your heavy silk duppatta (stole).
4) You fill an application form. You have the right number of passport photos with the right specifications. You submit the form and few weeks later wave your Passport/PAN Card/Driving License excitedly on your friend’s face. Your friend examines the card and comments – “This is you? Ha..ha.. You look fat/old/plain/balding… and you’re gonna flash this everywhere for the next few years!”
The comment finds its mark and you head back home, a bit less thrilled. You think of preparing a good cup of coffee to lift your now black mood. There’s a set of passport phots under the coffee mug. You swear and sit down on the sofa. There’s a passport photo under the sofa leg. You pick up a book to read. You find a photo-set in lieu of a bookmark. In exasperation, you fling the book on the table and decide to take your dog for a walk. You find him chewing something. Oh! It’s your passport photo. “Good dog”, you say.
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