Survival Of The Fairest

It’s not surprising when you read a news piece about an African model finding it difficult to get work in India because of her skin colour is it? Haven’t we been dealing with the issue of colour from the time we were colonised by the British? Back then it was an outside country deciding what was beautiful and “brown” wasn’t considered […]

"My music is self-expression, it allows me to say the words I otherwise can't say" – Mariah Jas

Her voice will make you feel electric. Her songs will reveal the person she is. Her talent won’t go unnoticed. Mariah Jas emotes her heart and soul through her music. Indian Ad Divas talk to this beauty-model, singer and globetrotter to get a peek into her musical life and dreams   What’s the one perpetual feeling you get when you sing? […]

Tearing Down The Walls

Their eyes met across the counter at the pharmacy; the girl stared as the store guy tried different sizes of brown paper bags to cover the pack of sanitary napkins she had just bought. Her thoughts drifted back and forth between her time in America where this was no taboo but India was different. We have made brilliant progress in so many […]

Neelam Gill: Making India Proud

She was apparently scouted when she was 14 and when her friends at school found out about her, they said she was a foot model. Her classmates apparently wore the brands that she models for now. She was also called “Pa*k*”by them. Did this get to her? No. Because Neelam Gill is the first Indian to be cast by Burberry. […]