Hello all!
After a day’s break from writing for the blog, and spending all of my study time reading this month’s edition of Vogue India, I’m ready to write this post. This blog post is a bit on the serious side, but relevant nonetheless.
I want to wish everyone Happy International Women’s Day! Today, it is important for women all over the world to realize their true worth, celebrate being themselves and empowering themselves and other women. It’s also important that we as a race overcome gender stereotypes, gender barriers and sexism that is inherent in our society. Anyone is capable of doing anything, if they put their mind to it and are passionate about fulfilling those goals. What reproductive organs we’re born with (or without as the case may be) isn’t important, and we should be content with what we have, while trying to be the best humans we possibly can. Kindness to all is the key.
Kangana Ranaut is such an inspiration to every Indian woman. She has come so far from where she started and is such a talented actor that I can’t wait to watch her new film Queen.This week she appeared along with Freida Pinto, National Award-winning editor Namrata Rao, National Award-winning cinematographer Anjuli Shukla and producer Guneet Monga on Anupama Chopra’s show The Front Row for a special Women’s Day celebration episode. The interview was honest, enlightening and candid to say the least and the perspectives given by all the women were diverse yet interesting. Kudos to them!
On an entirely different note, I recently started a quest to try to be vegan. I am an ardent animal lover, believe in ahimsa (non-violence) and living in harmony with nature. That being said, it is an incredibly difficult task. In a city like Bangalore, where the weather is incredibly unpredictable, the humidity soars during the day and rain cools the city at night, I just want a lick of ice cream regardless of the climate. But alas, I shall have none, and I have to make my peace with it. Also, becoming a vegan has helped me lead a more healthy life, as I’m incredibly lazy and love (loved: past tense now) junk food, but I can’t eat most food items. So I guess there are some significant plus points!
I discovered some vegan chocolate at Landmark and it’s called Cacao (nobody can take chocolate away from me). Be sure to try it because it’s really yummy! I also discovered a vegan chocolate cake recipe, so when I go home I will try it out and post the recipe along with the review here! I want to try more vegan recipes and pass it on to all the other vegans out there.
The March edition of Vogue is the first that I’ve read in almost a year. I must say I was really impressed with it, and I loved the article “Web of Influence” by Dal Chodha, “Ace Venturer” by Megha Mahindru on Aditi Kothari and of course the Trend Report. Aditi Kothari’s interview was so awe-inspiring and empowering for all the readers. I wish her luck on Winvest!
My favorite article though was “Web of Influence” because it highlights the power and influence of social media in today’s world. The number of blogs, websites, Instagram accounts, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages for fashion and fashion related topics is overwhelming. What’s more is that it’s encouraging for someone like me who only has a laptop, internet connection and WordPress account, and no real experience in the industry. The mention of Neelam Johal, the first British Indian model to be featured for Burberry’s latest ad campaign, brought about feelings of pride within me for a fellow Indian!
That’s it for today, but if you have any questions/comments feel free to leave them in the comments section below!
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