A new day, another bit of news about XYZ blog getting a multimillion dollar boost from angel investors. Screaming industry headlines about a blogger designing a range of makeup for a cooler-than-cool beauty brand or putting their name on an edgy collection of accessories. Blog streams filled to ... Read More about I recently turned down a million dollars for this blog. Was it the right decision?
Getting back into the real world… one post at a time
Despite being a writer who trades in sentences and paragraphs, I simply have no words to thank all of you for the outpouring of hugs, love and solace through the past few days. After the world took me down paths that I had never expected, my system sort of shut down. And I ran away to be alone and ... Read More about Getting back into the real world… one post at a time
What if tomorrow never comes?
A lot of you have been writing to ask why I have been so silent these past few weeks. Why the blog has not been updated often enough, why the social media has been erratic and why there is no answer to comments and mails. It's been this way because my life was turned upside down a few days back. ... Read More about What if tomorrow never comes?
I am back… and have a lot of goodies for you, all the way from Paris, Rome, Geneva and Stockholm!
There has been a reason I have been erratic in posting these last few days. Very erratic. And very many reasons. It all began with THE TRIP. The Great Family Vacation, that has been years in the making. I grew up in Stockholm and my parents haven't been back ever since. So, when my dad retired last ... Read More about I am back… and have a lot of goodies for you, all the way from Paris, Rome, Geneva and Stockholm!
The importance of being Sushmita Sen
In 1994, when 25 contestants withdrew from the Miss India pageant because Aishwarya Rai was participating, 18-year-old Sushmita Sen stood firm. And dressed in a gown tailored by the colony darzi from forgotten silk pieces, she wowed the country with her razor-sharp intellect, made off with the crown ... Read More about The importance of being Sushmita Sen