It’s a souvenir, not junk
It’s a souvenir, not junk Those who love travelling, seeing and visiting different places in India and around the world, are eagerly looking forward to the time when the Covid threat is safely gone and they can again board a bus, train, or plane to travel to some destination for a vacation. In the meantime they look at the objects they have bought and collected from their earlier travels and reminisce over these sojourns, the places they saw, the good time they had, and certainly the food they ate. These souvenirs, though not objets d’art , occupy a pride of place on shelves, in glass cases, stuck on fridge, some being used daily or even wrapped lovingly in rice or bubble paper and kept in cardboard or wooden boxes half-forgotten, to be taken out and admired once in a while. I am not talking of memorabilia and tokens reminding of special events like the sepia- hued photos of your first birthday, the first wrist watch your grandfather gave you ( of course, i...