Perception Vs Perspective KBG-74

Can perception be affected by perspective?

And vice versa, can a new perspective change our perception?

We look at both these questions through a picture which was featured as KBG-74 and titled A Spherical Delight.

But firstly, let us understand both the words as defined in the Oxford dictionary.

Perception: 'The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses' or the second meaning 'the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.' In simple words, perception leads to a mental image of a thing or someone.

Perspective: 'A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view'. It also has a second meaning- 'the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.' In simple words, perspective is the way we regard something or our point of view.

Now coming back to the Contest picture which received enthusiastic response from the readers. All the readers assumed the two objects to be melons because of the enlarged picture as shown.

Whereas the two objects were actually dried up lemons plucked from our yard. See the two pictures below. Of course, both lemon and melon are spherical in shape and have the same alphabets!

Now, what would you attribute this error to? Perception or perspective? Perhaps it is both. Perspective error because the picture showed only a part of the lemons giving an inaccurate impression of its size; and perception error because our mental image of a lemon is greenish-yellowish skin but certainly not dried pigmented skin as shown in the picture. Do you see the interdependence of perception and perspective here?

Before we selected the picture of the dried lemons, we had not thought of this story. Our own perception got changed when we looked at the perspective of the readers. We came across a nice visual comparing perception and perspective. Credit goes to pediaa.com for the picture reproduced below.

Hope we have answered both the questions. Yes, perception can be affected by perspective and vice versa a new perspective can change our perception. Both aspects are important for individual and organisational performance, relationships, understanding, conflict management etc. Apologies if Ghumakkad sounded like a teacher. In real life he is both as depicted in his logos below.

It is fun learning together!

The Contest

KBG-74, the 74th edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad Caption Contest received more than 45 captions listed below.

No.	Name	Caption for KBG-74 Contest
1	Ajai Bhumri	खरबूजा खरबूजे को देखकर रंग बदलें, दूसरों का रंग बदलना हो तो पहले अपना बदलें ।
2	Amandeep Kaur	Garmi ke do anmol ratan!
3	Bharat Ladha	खरबूजे को देख कर खरबूजा रंग बदलता है।
4	BR Natarajan	You do not need lush lemon when you have musk melon.
5	C Raghuram	Rough outside, sweet and soft inside. Mimic the melon.
6	Deepak Jena	The smiles of summer
7	Deepak Jena	Can't wait to grab
8	Geeta Bhargava	Duniya goal, hum bhi goal
9	GR Sreenivasan	Keep calm and carry a watermelon
10	J Ramamoorty	Mouth watering spheres.
11	Jaishankar	Life may give you melons but you can always find the musk in them.
12	LS Bhargava	King of summer fruits
13	LS Bhargava	An Energy food for Summer
14	Manju Khaitan	Most optimum shape for a tree to reproduce.
15	Neelima Paroolkar	We 2 are One.
16	Peter de Padua	Two Melons a week,no illness will seek!
17	Poonam Bhargava	Who minds the summer heat, When this melon is such a treat!
18	Pradeep Siwach	Summer rasagola
19	PRR Rao	Elon Musk or Musk Melon? What's in a name? Bite and you'll know!
20	Radhika Sareen	Twins!
21	Radhika Sareen	Ready for delivery
22	Radhika Sareen	हम बने इक दूजे के लिये
23	Radhika Sareen	तू चीज़ बड़ी है musk melon…
24	Rajendra Singh	Anar ready to ripen or musk melon!
25	Rashmi Bhargava	Thanda thanda cool cool!
26	RB Dhavare	So close but no hatred!
27	Ritu Bhargava	This spherical delight musk melon. is must in summers.
28	Ritu Bhargava	Hard outside,soft and juicy inside is mast melon.
29	Ruma Purkayastha	Melon-colic in summer ? Never never !!
30	Savita Bhargava	The Twins
31	Savita Bhargava	खरबूजा खरबूजे को देख कर रगं बदलता है।
32	Shereen Sultana	If life gives you melons, juice it up!
33	Sujata Das	You are one in 'melon' to beat the heat.
34	Susmita Ganguly	Perfect Parenting Mantra - Soft and Cool Within.
35	Unknown	Must Melons !
36	Unknown-2	हर अंडे में से नहीं निकलता चूज़ा भाई को देख रंग बदले ख़रबूज़ा
37	Unknown-3	Summer delight
38	Vanita Vandan Singh	Summer Summer on the Sky, Give me a light sweet refreshing Treat!
39	Veeky Baths	Awesome Twosome!
40	Vinay Prasad	Musk melon, must melon!
41	Vinod Dhanuka	Kharbuje Ko Dekhkar Khabooja Rang badalata hai
42	VV Ramani	Flavour of summer
43	Yogesh	Garmi mein rang Kharbuze ke sang, Khaye jao Aur cycle chalaye jao
44	Supradeep Sen	Delightful musk melons!
45	Praveen Rengaraj	Tastes better than it looks!
46	Prashant Jadenavar	Freckles outside, delicious inside. Ignoring for looks isn't the best option.

The Winners

Our Jury comprising of Prabhjoth and Neeta have selected the following four captions as KBG-74 Winners. We thank the Jury and congratulate the winners.

Ruma Purkayastha is an educator  and wellbeing coach who learns something from her grand children everyday! She majored in psychology and was Principal of a leading school in New Delhi. Her caption 'Melon-colic in summer ? Never never!' was unique and conveyed the cooling and soothing effect of melons in summer. Ruma has won the KBG Contests previously also.

'Life may give you melons but you can always find the musk in them', was Jaishankar's caption which hooked the Jury. It conveys a deeper sense of musk melon and life. A former Colonel, he has won the KBG contests several times. A blogger and an adventurer, Jai loves nature and wildlife.

Sujata Das PhD, is an alumnus of BITS Pilani, Stanford and Waterloo Universities  who runs her own business in Canada. In her spare time, she loves to teach different age groups of people. Sujata loves winter sports, travelling and creative writing. Her caption "You are one in 'melon' to beat the heat!" appealed to the Jury. She is a past winner of the KBG Contest.

Ramdas Dhavare is an alumnus of NIT Surathkal and IIT Madras. He is a Science enthusiast, with interest in Philosophy and teachings of the Ramakrishna Mission. After a short stint with Indian Navy, Ramdas went on to teach engineering for 30 years. He now enjoys being with his grand daughter in Pune. His caption 'So close but no hatred!' reflects his philosophical thinking of the two melons close to each other. He is a regular participant of KBG Contests but the first time winner now!

Thank you all the readers for your continued support. The 75th edition of KBG Contest is coming up next!

Stay connected to trigger your creative thinking.

   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 3rd June 2022

Postscript:

Vinod Agarwal writes: "What a simple picture to tell how easily we are fooled. Imagine how we are fooled by our leaders, political or otherwise, without us realizing it using the same techniques of making things look bigger then they are and making them look like that they have the same texture. Great insight."

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