Ponderings on The Devil Wears Prada

While watching The Devil Wears Prada, my heart’s always gone out to Andy. However much Nigel explains how she need not be rewarded because her job is what “a million girls would die for”, a job where your hard-work is not recognized is just not for me.
Loved a line from the movie - “Fashion is not about utility, an accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individual identity.”
An accessory made famous by an individual outlines what a person is made of. When aped by another, well, makes the first an icon…
According to me, Fashion has always been overrated. For years I’ve believed that a few classic designs never go outta style, look good on everybody and can be worn everywhere. The necessity of experimentation and the fuss involved in this industry has never made sense before now.
Now, I do believe that fashion is necessary and experimentation is essential in order to determine your personal style. Your clothes speak volumes about you and is a sure shot give-away of the kind of person you are. However, I STILL do not subscribe to the popular notion that fashion is not about the money you have, it’s about the style. That it’s not WHAT you wear, it’s the way your wear it. It takes money to develop your own style. Be it an expensive cocktail dress or plain good old earrings to accessorize your oh-so-plain outfit. If you do not have the money to spare and dress casually, I do not judge your personal style in a negative way. If you do have money and dress crappy, you need to contact the fashion gurus pronto!

Standing Tall

From late night drives and Saturday night parties, my preferences have changed to evenings out and movies at home. While waking up at 6 in the morning was nothing short of torture once, today I long for the fresh morning air and warm rays of the sun. while recklessness was cool through my teen years, today, I believe its cooler to care and to be aware. Changes that have never been forced down on me are happening entirely out of my own free will… Guess this is what evolution is about. Being back in the same place with a fresh and original perspective.

Am grateful towards Him for giving me the life he has, for giving me the family I have and for making me the person I am. I would never apologise for the person I have grown up to be. That’s for sure.

From a place that hurts

Should I bite my tongue to hide the fury,
Dismiss the past or conceal the pain
Or in my mind, find a sanctuary
and bottle up all that will remain?

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

It’s been so long since I posted anything on my Blog. It plays on my mind at times when I think of something that I want to write about. It happened when I saw the trend of gymming on the rise. When I noticed the glamour attached to Endurance, Fab, Gold’s Gym, Abs and the like, felt like penning down my thoughts about how branding works. In this case, it was definitely good. To cut the long story short - Even though it has turned the health freaks into class conscious individuals, it had to start with turning normal people into health freaks!

Well, today I watched a movie about World War II. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. Lately (in the past 2 months) I’ve developed a curiosity and a hunger to read about the war. I think it started when I saw Schindler’s List and then I’ve been trying to get my hands on everything to do with the topic. I read The Odessa File by Fredrick Forsyth. Had tried to read The Day of the Jackal by the same author but it was too confusing so I abandoned it. When I picked up The Odessa File I was expecting something similar considering my previous experience with the author’s work and the title of the current book. I had expected the book to be about the Ukrainian city or something else equally boring to me. The zest that this book brought in was incredible. I did a lot of reading online about the era, the camps, the doctors and experiments, SS officers still alive, etc.

Had read Anne Frank’s Diary when I was 13 but did not remember anything (like a normal teenager back then, I was more interested in her personal life). Felt like reading it again and this time, I paid heed to the progress of the war and the living conditions that the Jews were subjected to.

Even though I was aware of the mass murders of the Jews, somehow, it all seemed a lifetime away and quite so unreal that it never could evoke any emotion in me. It seemed like something that happened in a different world. I couldn’t grasp the gravity of the situation and it didn’t sound inhuman to me when I had heard about it initially. It was something that happened and we were taught in a matter-of-fact kinda way. Even when I learnt German in school, even when we studied history, even when I heard about it from friends or read The Day After Tomorrow or Making History.
But lately I’ve been quite obsessed with it. Want to read up the Nazi ideology. Found a book in the Southern Command library that a friend can get issued. Now to wait till I can borrow it J

And I know I aint the only one with profound interest in the past. The Second World War is definitely fascinating and has caught the interest of many. It’s been playing on my mind for a while now so just thought of recording a few thoughts J Until next time!