Category: diva di’vine
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Beauty Academy
About 15yrs back I decided to write for a Goan magazine, the editor, looked at me I have always been an woman of substance, sari clad, a neat chignon at my nape, not to mention the nose ring and the bindi, she was quite skeptic until I opened my mouth. She did wonder if I…
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Shopping-Wise
Yup, I am talking economy of emotions, finance, and a feeling of empowerment. I am just recuperating from listening to a whining session of how things are expensive, how her then separated now deceased husband has left her stranded, honestly I find it difficult to be considerate here, if your bank balance is 1000/- you…
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To Be Noticed Is To Be Loved.
To Be Noticed Is To Be Loved. I grew up in the eighties, so we painstakingly cut articles from papers and filed them further references, particularly the embroidery design recipes, not to mention make up tips and how to buy inners. When I discovered Pinterest it was just that for me, a virtual pin board…
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Women Journalists of Kashmir.
Women Journalists of Kashmir. Sameer Yasir is a favourite writer of mine, and I like the way he thinks, this time round he shared the emerging women journalists of Kashmir. Here were some things that struck a chord. Emerging young women of Kashmir, something has changed in the valley, women are opting to be journalist…
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Ethical Will-passing on values
Long ago I had written a blog on Ethical will, an ethical will. An Ethical will (Hebrew: “Zava’ah”) is a document designed to pass ethical values from one generation to the next. Rabbis and Jewish laypeople have continued to write ethical wills during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I had found the entire concept very intriguing. I cannot find the blog…
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fashion for Plus size and Age
The Queen of England has turned ninety. Can you imagine her getting ready for a ball? The designer comes, flips open the lap-top, while the queen peers with her, the image consultant in tow, “Summer wear” X—clothes emerged. “Formal wear” the catalogue now becomes X-a “Occasion specific” (x-a)-b “Age appropriate”{(x-a)-b}-c And the exact dress…
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