Ritzy Karisma Redefined

While a debate goes on the skin color and the side effects of lightening crèmes, no makeup looks etc. but at the same point there is no denial that we love to wear color, be it on our face, hair or body. 16   shringars   have been known since time  immemorial and so make up has always been an essential part of human existence, be it the tribal paintings with feather head gears or a high fashion look on a ramp. Though Indian women love to wear makeup, but the ever evolving industry has always been ruled by International brands having better product offering, even the name  Lakme, an Indian brand,  is an international version of “ Lakshmi ”; how many of we know about this fact? However one sad truth of the economical aspect also is that that the same Indian brands when export, give out a better version to neighbouring countries, both in terms of quality and packaging. With onset of the new millennium, in late 90’s; the Indian makeup industry witnessed a g...

Well, this is one statement which after a certain age applies to women.. pls note the word "AGE"!! This was mentioned in a book reading session by Sharbari Zohra Ahmed, in her Debut Novel, "Dust under her feet!" The Quantico scriptwriter moves from an International thriller, expressing a high voltage drama series for Hollywood and now back into the 1940s, where her story revolves around Yasmine Khan, the protagonist. Sharbari expresses that it was probably Yasmine Khan, the focal point chose her, cause while writing the fiction,  she could clearly go back into times and see the visuals of the yesteryears when World War II had set in.. There is a lot which Sharbari has contributed into this novel, above her body mind and soul.. fifteen years have gone into crafting the epic! What beyond? The Author has actually gone to the libraries of Kolkata, dug out their archival section, newspapers, magazines, hunting for facts and figures of the 1940s.  ...

Times of India, after stepping in the new millennium when two decades have flashed by.. and while this occurred, I have some vivid memories in my mind when we had various speakers predicting the providence post year 2000. Bejan Daruwala had clearly stated that women in India will occupy spaces of prime importance and will take the lead, hence India will be the new Superpower! Every bit of it stands true, as today I got to witness the most respectable and trustworthy media house of India, Times of India celebrating women in every aspect of their Literature Festival, which is spread over two days at India Habitat Centre.  30th November 2019 and 1st December 2019 they have got on board, the most eminent speakers, authors of various genres, Bollywood celebrities, novelists, columnists, politicians, etc expressing their views spread over about 75 sessions. Literature, as we know of, primarily revolves around nature and feminism, be it prose or poetry. So was this festival... Vi...

International Men’s day just passed by, and not much pomp and show could be seen compared to the “weaker sex” as we state so!! Women’s day where every nook and corner of our country is full of offers, celebrations, discounts in stores to lure the lady, empowering talks for the Empress so to say!! (chuckle) Probably Men don’t require much of loud publicity cause somewhere on reality grounds he knows that he holds the control compared to the weaker sex.. and the empowering talks are nothing but a “publicity gimmick” for him ( to sit back in silence and create more jokes on women) So, just two days before this Men’s day event, I got to meet Apurva Purohit, President, Jagran Group, she has authored another book with a title LADY, YOU’RE the BOSS! The book comes out after a series of research and reflects some alarming facts and figures which do not match with the perfectly painted and layered pictures shown on the silver screen. While the malls and stores run majorly o...

Isn’t that headline shocking, sounds bizarre and runs down your nerves!! Think differently, out of the box in real and true sense! Now the actual question emerges... Are we Qualified? Have we heard the term female foeticide in animals, from where has this concept been seeded in and emerged? Probably the seed lies in ownership... Ownership of a girl child till her life!! From the day, this tradition of parting away from girls after marriage has emerged; lands into a series of cascading effects. One primarily being, the another house she lands into is mostly a frictional mode of relationships. The girl is always seen as a foreign body amidst the environment, the major shift of a foreign body attracts a lot of insecurities, adjustment of perspectives, thought processes, adaptation etc. the process is so complex that it lasts for years, passing on generations of the baggage of mom-in-laws; or if not, the modern day has a solution called divorce . Let us begin with the se...

Ahmedabad on 16 th March 2019, Saturday evening witnessed paparazzi, but this time it was a different purpose, that of transmitting the real message, the functional aspect of our life. LYLA is the first learning concert of India where the message was given by renowned celebrities from all walks of life. From a Bollywood celebrity to a painter, a writer to a Gay Prince of a Royal Family who was ridiculed and excluded from the family.   Learning as the concept goes, real life teaches you more than the books do.. Life itself is learning, a continuous process, the only constant! Shilpa Shetty Kundra told about her initial struggles, how from a middle-class upbringing she evolved as a sought after Bollywood celebrity, she also told the audiences about her failed relationships which were as if life was teaching her lessons. Rather than hovering over the gloom for a long time she moved ahead as a stronger person and found her life partner. Today she is not only an entrepreneu...

“Chaar Varan Ik Varan Karaya, Kal taran Guru Nanak Aaya” ; It’s the 550 th year when a legend called Guru Nanak. He was a true visionary, as the theories which we talk today were already explained by him while on a journey of preaching HUMANITY!! Kaliyug, as we term the current era, it is registered in scriptures in form of hyms, “Kal taran Guru Nanak Aaya”, that is Guru Nanak has arrived in this era and spread goodness around the world. He was born on full moon day, Kartik Poonam on 20th October 1469 as some scriptures mention, though being son of Kalyan Chand Das Bedi, a Brahmin...     He was always against the following few aspects: 1.        Caste system 2.        Favouring the Rich 3.        Gender Bias 4.        Pride and Ego He was a poet, philosopher and one of the biggest social-reformer of the current era. His first or openi...