Hasmita

This is how international fashion brands kiII Indian crafts. This is East India Company redux. @RalphLauren is selling this PRINTED bandhani skirt for a whopping 44,000 INR, without mentioning that it is Bandhani. First of all, Bandhani or bandhej is a millennia old Indian tie and dye craft technique that has been seen even in the Ajanta paintings. Bandhani is created knot by painstaking knot by artisans whose skill is passed down not in design schools but across generations. Every dot in a bandhani saree is a decision made by human fingers, a tiny act of devotion to craft. Every bandhani textile is unique. Even the word Bandana in English has come from Bandhani. But Ralph Lauren bastardizes Bandhani with a cheap printed cotton wrap skirt, a machine approximation of centuries of handwork, listed blandly and prices it at ₹44,800, with not a word about India, not a word about the artisans whose ancestors built this language of cloth. Real hand done bandhani skirts in Bharat cost less than 5000 Rs! Ralph Lauren stole the aesthetic and erased the ancestry, just like the British East India Company did! Absolutely shameful!

Women in their 30s–50s are some of the most overworked, overstretched, and chronically stressed and ironically, this is the window where modifying long term cardiometabolic risk is crucial. Insulin resistance is rising, blood pressure is creeping up, visceral fat is increasing, lipids are shifting, and menopause is around the corner…yet this is when women are juggling careers, kids, aging parents, and everyone else’s needs. So no, women aren’t “ignoring their health”, they’re carrying everyone else’s. And by the time many finally seek care, the damage is already well underway.

@EndometriosisSA @Dischem Thanks for the rec! Does it have a metallic taste? I’ve tried a few of the other liquid iron supplements, but I can’t get over the metallic taste.

As someone who’s lived with fibroids, endo, PCOS, & recently ovarian cysts, I’ve had years of heavy bleeding, pain, fatigue & low energy. If you’re constantly exhausted with heavy cycles, it’s worth getting your iron checked. It’s not “just tired.” Spatone: @Dischem

Things that you can make with Mangoes. That's why it is called the King of Fruits 😺😭🥭

Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls’ School in India, designed by Diana Kellogg Architects, gains global attention for its unique design

“Someday you'll be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” (C.S. Lewis)

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@kid_kumalo Oooh, just read what’s it about. I’m def picking it up. Thank you! Enjoy!

@Hasmita_A enjoying this one, I think you’d like it.

Iran is setting the benchmark for brick architecture.

youth unemployment today becomes elderly poverty tomorrow 💔💔 South Africa's retirement stats show most people simply can't afford to stop working the heartbreaking reality is an entire generation may never experience financial stability... at any age

About to start Before the Coffee Gets Cold. On a scale of 1 to “I need a therapist,” how much is this one going to hurt?

Peak millennial behaviour: Reading messages on every platform, marking them as unread, and then leaving them, and not returning to respond because there are now new msgs. Sorry! Not sorry!

The one and only Vikas Khanna keeps shining! Congratulations for making India proud! @TheVikasKhanna

@HiLindee Oh no! It’s too sour. Do you like it?

@Hasmita_A Tell me you love the tea too? 😂

Oh these are so gorgeous..

@kid_kumalo Haha! Okay, I won’t waste my time. Thanks for the heads up!

@Hasmita_A It’s skippable hey. Nice enough, but skippable. 😊

Starting this one now.

@kid_kumalo Sounds nice! I’m looking for something to get me back into reading. Will give this a shot! Thank you!

@Hasmita_A It’s broody, soft, reflective, quaint, but doesn’t delve as deep as I’d like given the plot. Short enough to not be annoyed about it.

POV: You went to an All-Girls School and you don’t realize how deeply it’s affecting your life:

@charleneganesh Happy new year! Hope it’s filled with endless blessings 💖

Happy New Year my fellow Tigers 💛🧡 To new beginnings, success, prosperity, love and happiness 🌝💫

@charleneganesh Always! 🥰

@Hasmita_A The simplest of things are always the yummiest 😋

When there’s no dal & rice for lunch …