Published in Motherland Magazine, November 2010. Text: Sarika Bansal Backstage was all your average pageant stuff. Talcum powder, stray sequins and nervous laughter filled the musty dressing room air. Contestants calmed one another while adjusting their hair and bra straps. “Don’t worry, na,” one contestant cooed. “You’re a beautiful woman, the audience will love you.” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beauty’
Beauty Queens
Posted in Published articles, tagged Beauty, Bollywood, Hijra, Homosexual, India, Transgender on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I may not be fair, but I can be lovely on demand: My memorable arrival into Mumbai
Posted in Humor, tagged Beauty, Fair and lovely, Humor, India, Personal on May 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When I arrived at Mumbai’s international airport in July 2006, I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Wait, scratch the “bright-eyed” bit. Before leaving home, I somehow decided that half of my books were “too precious” for check-in luggage, leaving me to run through the airport with the weight of a baby camel on my back (don’t [...]
