“Welcome to Selfiestan!” says a popular Bollywood actress on TV, inviting you to purchase the latest selfie-smartphone. And why not, in this narcissistic world that we inhabit? Look around, you will see people taking selfies on the road, by the sea, on a cliff, in the airport. Some will even risk their life for a selfie. And while you are on the topic, do not forget to go through some selfies that people take.
In these photos, they look cool, happy, successful, fashionable, and whatever else it is that they want to look! The reality, of course, is different. The selfie is but a microsecond in our lives, a momentary flash when a camera clicks us at our behest, when we are at our dazzling best! Alas, if only the rest of our lives were like that selfie! If a secret video camera were to record our facial expressions for 24 hours of the day, it is likely that 99% of the time, our expressions…
