restored photo

Mr. Venkatrao Raghunathrao Sashital & family in 1940. The little boy in the centre is my father Durgadas Sashital.
When I was excavating my dad's cupboard, I came across this photo. It was "overexposed" to years wear and tear. Had lots of scratches; few portions lapped up by silver fish. But it was real archive material. Dad got very senti when he saw the photo. Cut to flash back of 1940. The old family home, the servants, the sisters, the masti and mischief and the days of the RAJ. The whole vision turned sepia.
Thought I would give dad a surprise by restoring the photo to its original glory. Gave it to a professional photo studio which charged me a bomb for a shitty restoration job.
Finally decided to do it on my own. Cut to Adobe photoshop elements on my WIAO. Groped my way through the software and finally cracked it. Got a print out framed and presented it to dad.
He looked at the frame and that was a "Kodak Moment".
Guess the line "Do it yourself" works....... really.