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August 13, 2015 / 7 Comments / Photography & Visual Stories / Glass, Lights, MundaneMonday

Linked to PhoTrablogger’s Mundane Monday Challenge # 19. It is the light that makes all the difference here!

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Wordless Wednesday – Bubbled Lights

January 14, 2015 / Leave a Comment / Photography & Visual Stories / Lights

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Hi, I’m Ankita.

I started writing online in 2004, when blogs were still personal corners of the internet rather than content platforms.

Over the years, the writing has evolved, but the instinct behind it has remained the same. Pay attention to small moments and follow them where they lead.

Most of my posts begin that way and slowly unfold into reflections on work, motherhood, culture, memory and life in general.

Now, I write about who we become while we’re busy being everything else.

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Also, if you think my outfit does not scream amusement park, well… we did the low intensity rides and indoor games. It was perfect for a hot summer evening outing. That’s another thing I’ve learnt in the GCC. Women dress a lot more feminine with the flowing Abayas and long dresses, and carry about their daily business in style.

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Blurring borders. These suits are called Pakistani Suits in India and they are all the rage these days. I get the appeal. Easy flowing silhouette and cool comfort fit. What’s not to like?
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We placed mothers on pedestals and called it respect, without noticing how quickly admiration turns into expectation.

The moment women become symbols of sacrifice and strength, they stop being allowed complexity, mistakes, exhaustion, anger, ambition, or even ordinary humanity.

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Fashion is art. So why not wear some of your old paintings?
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Loose, flowy silhouettes that make movement feel more graceful. That is probably how I would define the way many women dress in the GCC.

And strangely, it did not feel unfamiliar to me as an Indian woman.

There is something about it that reminds me of the everyday lehengas, cotton kurtas, and the softer saree drapes we grew up around. Clothes designed for heat, movement, modesty, and long days. Clothes that do not fight the weather.

There is a trick to dressing for extreme 45-degree summers, and over the last four years, I have slowly begun to embrace it.

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Clothes that move with you instead of sitting stiffly on you.

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Most of us don’t struggle with saying no.

We struggle with saying it cleanly.

So we soften it.
We delay it.
We make it sound reasonable.

“Let me check.”
“This week is hectic.”
“We’ll see.”

It feels kinder in the moment. Less abrupt. Easier to say.

But the discomfort doesn’t disappear. It just moves. Usually to the other person. Sometimes back to you, later, when the thing you didn’t want to do is still waiting.

I didn’t realise how often I was doing this until I started paying attention to the words I use when I already know the answer.

A soft no isn’t neutral. It just changes where the weight lands.

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