Pricey Pose,

Pricey Pose

After a ride through the tube train around the city, and a leisurely stroll in the Central Park, the location of which is quite ambitious in the busy commercial city, I was led into a crowded museum. I expected some antique exhibits, but the life like famous personalities all over the world of politics, movie world, sports

and music were frozen there to welcome the stray visitors and readily and obligingly available for any number of photographs. Sans security guards, sans the jostling fans, sans the swarm of media crowd and pressing photographers, Nelson Mandela, Einstein, Michael Johnson,  former American Presidents, and a host of Hollywood stars were close by. Since Bachan and Khan felt lonely there among the excited American mass, I gave them company. The museum was named Madame Tussauds, the history of which is yet to be researched. After being clicked with these readily accessible celebrities, we walked out poorer by Rs.1575/- per person. Of course, the price of the  ticket is justifiable when you send these precious photographs to your friends and sometimes answering their frantic, envious enquiries. The museum people try to pacify the customers by narrating their expensive tale of making a single wax figure with real hair, dress, spectacles, and other paraphernalia for around 22000 US dollars. Still, a little pricey , isn’t it