#Soufflé all trussed up for Papa’s birthday. Don’t ask how long it took to get an unblurry shot of these two. Thanks @ankitchawlaphotography for these dreamy frocks
Sharing is caring. Lunch of luchi, dal and sabji with Dadu.
What is creativity? What is art? Where does it come from? We feel what it is not.
It’s not derived from your social status.
Nor your job title.
Nor your appearance.
Creativity and its sister Art reach us from the sweet spot of the universe- the soul you might say. But I do know that the creator- artist is the channel for it. Let me tell you how hard it is to birth anything original or authentic. I personally labored for years over my book, quelled the doubts and noise from others and didn’t emerge until I was almost undone. And when I was moving through dark spaces of self-doubt or hitting creative walls I would turn to the work that @shiloshivsuleman puts out into the world and shares on her Instagram handle for inspiration. I can recognize when a creator works honourably and deeply, bleeding, sacrificing, unsleeping, stretching herself in the direction of emotional bravery to produce work that births those feelings we all look for in day to day life.
To feel inspired. To feel alive.
That’s why when something dishonorable happens, we need to stand up and speak up. To hold up a mirror to these makers to make them understand THIS IS NOT RIGHT. It’s come to light that a big budget film production has ripped off one of Shilo’s original creations. This is NOT inspiration but blatant theft. In no world, is this acceptable. The production did not contact the creator, ask her permission nor offer to collaborate or offer a credit. Nothing.
This is not right.
I believed the Hindi film industry was evolving necessarily past stealing storylines and rampant plagiarism but the producers of Shahoo have obviously not gotten the memo when it comes to art. Here’s the thing-
Creators are worthy of worship. What they produce are more lasting and precious so than all the other ‘things’ we accumulate that can be taken away. Let’s hold these producers accountable for their infuriating, dishonourable action.
How would you feel if a thief slid into your home and took away your most prized possessions?
Your heart. Your soul. And your livelihood.
Image @dietsabya
Sufi’s instinctive reverence (and wonder) for a statute of Shakyamuni Buddha is beautiful to observe. Mama’s girl for certain 🙏🏼 there is a place for prayerfulness in life, just as there’s a place for determination, creating joy, failing, learning, rising and fabulosity ✌🏼
Happy Birthday lover ❤️ From Beirut to Mumbai to Singapore to Bali and beyond – you are my person and the one who holds my strings.
Moments like these…
Volume hair and fresh makeup by @shraddhabachani for today’s @radiantwellnessconclave in #Chennai speaking on #EmotionalWellness
Great event. Deep laughter. Speaking truth.
And I’m repeating my same @vaishalisstudio outfit, styled differently. I feel compelled to practise sustainability in my choices, rather than always feed the narrative that pressures us to buy.
Do you repurpose and repeat outfits? I do all the time in everyday life. So why not in my professional life? I also bought a lot of #Souffle’s infant chic clothes from @retykle in Hong Kong and pass on their wardrobe to other cutie patooies when they’ve been outgrown.
Let’s get real about ourselves, the state of the planet and capitalism.
Even in a world ruled by fickle, fast fashion you can pave your own road: you always have a choice to avoid the traffic jam of mass hypnosis 🙏🏼
As my friend @sujstyle says
It’s chic to repeat ✌🏼
MUH @shraddhabachani
Styled by @dipikablacklist
Wearing @vaishalisstudio @perniaspopupshop
Manager @deepikamandelia @exceedentertainment
Off to #HerStory salon where I’ll be sharing my #LifeStory through the lens of my book #ClosetotheBone hosted by my friend @sangitakathiwada
Makeup and hair @bhavyaarora assisted by @ms_teli
Hair @ms_teli
Styling @dipikablacklist
Cowl neck dress @vaishalisstudio @perniaspopupshop
Shoes @inochhiofficial
Embodying the working mom ethos. Put this on a postcard, and blow it into the world with burps and sticky kisses.
Thanks @bhavyaarora for always being supremely accommodating
Repost from @nupurasthana using @RepostRegramApp – Such an intriguing story…. One day in 1937, two young long-haired women in saris stepped into a small photo studio in Madras. They changed into striped pyjama suits and struck a pose in front of the studio camera. One of them leaned languidly against a chair, while the other’s eyes focused on something outside the frame. Both of them held cigarettes.
The world-renowned Carnatic vocalist MS Subbulakshmi and the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati were just having a bit of fun. “The two teenaged friends both became world-famous artists,” wrote Douglas Knight J in the biography Balasaraswati: Her Art & Life. “From strictly disciplined households, the two asserted their independence by secretly arranging this photograph of themselves dressed outrageously in Western-style sleepwear and pretending to smoke cigarettes.” This iconic photograph was first made public only 73 years later, in the 2010 biography of Balasaraswati penned by her son-in-law Douglas Knight J. By this time, the successful careers of these artists were so highly revered over decades, almost deified, that this picture quite suddenly threw light on a whole new aspect of their lives – just two young friends attempting to do something unconventional.
According to TJS George’s biography M.S. Subbulakshmi: The Definitive Biography, Subbalakshmi’s career and public image was steered and moulded by Sadashivam, her husband and mentor, from that of a talented young devadasi – a community that has traditionally taken to performing arts – to an the ideal, devout Brahmin wife.
While Balasaraswati followed the matrilineal traditions of the devadasis by staying with her extended family in her original home, and taking a partner who also supported her art, this was not the case with Subbulakshmi. Nevertheless, both of them went on to be lifelong friends.
When a look is so fresh ✌🏼
MUH @bhavyaarora asst @ms_teli
Styled by @dipikablacklist
Wearing @vaishalisstudio @perniaspopupshop
#HerStory @sangitakathiwada
Thank you @herstoryjewels for supporting my story #ClosetotheBone and acknowledging those inner and secret stories that flavours all our lives. I’m returning for a piece of your lust worthy jewellery.
Diagnosis: Itchy Feet.
Solution: Step boldly where no one has walked before 🤟🏼
Repost from @missmalini using @RepostRegramApp – @Lisaraniray, we love you too! Thank you for these amazing words! You have been such an inspiration and will continue being one ✨✨
Head to the link in bio and join @malinisgirltribe if you haven’t already!
-@sarzz0503, Community Intern 💜
#mmgirltribe #malinisgirltribe #lisaray #womenempowerment #tribe #women #love
Thanks team #FindMyStrong
@sumanagarwal
@selfcarebysuman
@singhspiration
@bhavyaarora
@dipikablacklist
@pausefashion.in
And special gratitude to @shereegg30 for sewing together the pieces
Repost from @geetaslist using @RepostRegramApp – #aboutlastnight Author Lisa Ray @lisaraniray and Melange’s Sangita Kathiwada host the first Life stories salon at Her Story jewels @herstoryjewels a concept store at Altamount road . Very intimate and exclusive with lots of laughs and sharing and of course Lisa reading passages from her book – she writes really well and manages to make the personal, universal . Delightful evening and the beginning of a new way of engaging with My Story. #jewellery #diamonds #mystory #herstory #weallhaveastory #salon #lifestories #herstoryjewels #ClosetotheBone @harpercollinsin
Sharing is caring ❤️😜 the best salons evoke an intimate, feet up on the sofa, oil in hair chat even if we’re elegantly coiffed. Thanks #HerStory and @sangitakathiwada for helping bring together a sharing circle for #ClosetotheBone
Particularly gratifying moment when #ClosetotheBone reaches Tuki’s hands, my cousin sister in #London
Repost from @kidsstoppress using @RepostRegramApp – MOTHERHOOD DOESN’T DEFINE HER AND SHE IS NOT AFRAID TO SAY THIS!
When we think of @lisaraniray ,we think of the green-eyed young girl form Afreen Afreen that we had fallen in love with instantly.
What we don’t know about her is: .
🎙 How strong and determined she is
🎙Her nomad and spontaneous personality
🎙Her surrogacy journey how she is like a mother. .
🎙How she is not afraid to say that motherhood doesn’t define her. .
🎙Her work ethics .
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⬆️Swipe up to our stories and tune into this #KSPRadio and listen Lisa Ray talk about her journey as a mother and about her memoir, @closetothebone.book .
Let us know your favourite part from this KEEP IT REAL Podcast!
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