\u201cMirror, Mirror on the wall,<\/p>\n
Who is the fairest of them all?\u201d<\/p>\n
For me, the story of the mirror began very early. I was in my kindergarten when this fairy tale was narrated to me by my teacher.<\/p>\n
It was a moment of wonder how the mirror replied to what the queen desired and it was atypical day when the mirror refused to give the answer she wanted to hear.<\/p>\n
For years, I kept wondering why it had happened.<\/p>\n
As I grew, it kept coming back to me. I remember when a bundle of books was gifted to me for reading during the summer break. The prize for reading all those books was a series of Nancy Drew\/Enid Blyton.<\/p>\n
Years rolled by, I, along with my peers and friends, kept growing. The mirror; however,\u00a0the mirror was still fixed somewhere in my subconscious.<\/p>\n
During my professional years, on a visit to an army regiment, I saw a full-length mirror placed outside the commanding officer\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
I assumed it had something to do with beauty or Vaastu<\/em> or scientific or may be a personal choice. Later on, when I could not control my inquisitiveness, I check with one of the officers.<\/p>\n An amazing explanation came my way. This full-length mirror was a great motivation to dress well and take care of one\u2019s appearance as one entered the premises. The process had ingrained a habit and everybody around had a prim turnout. This was a practice throughout the defense forces.<\/p>\n I came back enriched. My childhood mirror story gushed out from the subconscious.<\/p>\n Now wherever I saw a full-length mirror, it indicates a few things<\/p>\n