Miley Cyrus it is!

Valentine’s Day is again all over the airwaves, shopping places, grocery shops, food and delivery platforms, bugging the living daylights out of me. Enough! Commercial propriety is driving the sentiments. Then, as I almost resigned myself to this onslaught, I watched this marvellous lady gyrating to her own lyrics at the Grammys 2024. Since she […]

Narcissistic post alert!!

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. I am Sushmita. The meaning of my name: radiant smile😊 I love my name, no doubt, and thank my parents for going with it… The name has endowed me with the quality, I guess. As an infant, how on earth did my parents decide upon […]

The luck of skin and bones…?

😀 I can give an arm or leg to have a handsome guy waiting it out with me, (whatever we are waiting for, a ticket or a burger!) Why just blame it on men! A thing of beauty is a joy forever n the snaking long queue becomes a breeze if it’s a pretty person( […]

Lumberjacks…these bearded men

Fed up of yet another bearded guy around me! Where are those shiny pearly cheeks and handsome looking men?It seems that the whole world around me is covered in hair. The groom at the wedding last Sunday, the shopkeeper at the grocery store, my hairdressing guy, the once cute cousin brother, and now… him! You […]

Viva Magenta!

Colour of the year! It’s this all new viva Magenta …bold, bright, beautiful and visibly fearless. One must ‘Magenta up’ to stand out. Viva Magenta is a must have colour in your wardrobe this year – say the fashion gurus. Its bold and brave like 2023… Reading this out loud from the newspaper, I looked […]

At Camp Splendour…

…glimpses of my campsite and it’s verdant surroundings in the Annamalai Hills…yes, I took a break from the usual and what a break it was…

Beauty needs no skin tone

A small storm recently brewed in the small teacup called the progressive conscience of India, over a certain brand of beauty and fairness cream… Someone filed a PIL, someone was penalised and some ads were retracted… And, things are back to normal with the soaps, lotions and potions up again with their tall claims to […]