Monday, July 9, 2012

City of Dreams

City of Dreams...
City of Choices........
A city full of Decisions
A city of compromises
Never knew how I fell in love with this city ........
How the existentialism theory got stuck with the identity of this City.......
How from Zero to Everything .......and from Everything to Nothing this city stood by me......
From Walking all alone to being surrounded by Friends.......
Yes ......I have it all here..........
A beautiful Collage this city has become!
From Tears to cries of Joy.......
From Rejection to the Acceptance..........
From the several lovely moments to the heat wrenching loneliness this city has given me All............

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Indian Dressing: My Sarees

When I was a kid I used to learn about our National song,National flower and other things termed as National,somehow I assumed that For Women Sarees must be the National Dress!
No it is not Infact India boasts of such a varied and rich culture that it would be actually difficult to define dressing.
Anywhich ways For me up till now Saree has been the most glamorous attire and yes if I have to dress to kill,I will prefer draping  Saree .
The beauty of this attire is that its the most perfect 6 meter cloth which could be draped in many different ways .
Yes Multi styling infact I can wear it the traditional way,drape in such a way that it makes me look more sensual as in just highlights the curves or it could be the best to look that girl next door as well.
Well I mostly  have chiffon sarees,which also I shop exclusively from Jaipur,yes the Famous bandhini and the leheriya.
Infact the saree which I am wearing is also a special leheriya with a Rajputi Gota( Gota is a hindi word meaning lace)
One of the most important thing with sarees are the blouses to be worn with it,It is responsible for the whole look factor,yes as in Lets say if I have a party So My black Saree could go very well this halter neck blouse with a Sexy Knot.It is a tried dressing Infact I got hell lots of nice compliments and one can accessorize well with a diamond bracelet and Nice Stone studded Jhumka or To make it more artistic it could actually be worn with lots of Jewellery like I tried with this look.

Mumbai Monsoons!

Here comes the lovely rains.....Pouring all over Mumbai adding to the woes of daily commuters....Yeah Rains however lovely are also one of the major cause of concern in a city like Mumbai....

But then I am not talking about the negativity out here what I want to share is my First experience of Mumbai Monsoon captured beautifully by lenses
If you see the beauty of the city ,no other city in India would look as lovely as Mumbai...Yeah Driving through bandra Worli Sea Link,Just stop the car a little on your left and lower that glass pane.......Switch off the AC and yes...you would get an idea how heaven would feel like............


I am in love with the city...May be thats why all I can see are the beautiful scenic views this city has to offer.................

First showers of Monsoon and actually walking the promenade ,the sea striking back and forth ............how could I not be smitten by the majestic enchanting view...........Spell bounding and a feeling of pride!
And how can I forget that lovely down stretch when you take that right turn from Mt.Mary church towards Bandstand.....How often do I just walk down and yes I call it walk of Life..........Its one of those rare experience and especially in these Monsoons...When you could actually feel those cool droplets over your face that breeze soothing all the tense thoughts and the closeness to Nature.......
That bond between Nature and Man just gets strong .............
My Monsoon experience has been as of now Fantastic...The city as everyone says becomes difficult to commute and is also famous for its dangerous Monsoons........But then when Man goes against Nature he has to face the brunt as well......

Nothing like Mumbai Monsoons and eating "Bhutta" in the pouring rain..........walking down the sea side.......and living every moment of it!
What else you could ask for...Well for me the onset of Monsoons is significant...Its my first rains in Mumbai and I am making sure I enjoy every bit and pieces of it...
Yes Be it walking in the rains alongside the fearful sea...Be it being there on the Narimam point to Enjoy the rains with garma garam chai...........or be it a long drive over Bandra Worli Sealink...........
No stopping at all the fun and the excitement of being in the city of dreams.......where each moment inspires to live,Yes Mumbai has taught me a lot! Mumbai never stops,never cease to  work and Kudos to the spirit of ever awake Mumbai!

Yes it is so very true Mumbai never sleeps.........