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Wordless Wednesday – Fun!

July 29, 2015 / 2 Comments / Photography / Children, Clown, Fun, Macau, WordlessWednesday

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Express Yourself – Like the couple here

January 27, 2015 / 2 Comments / Photography / Black&White, Dance, Expressions, Macau

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Express Yourself.”

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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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We placed mothers on pedestals and called it respect, without noticing how quickly admiration turns into expectation.

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Fashion is art. So why not wear some of your old p

Fashion is art. So why not wear some of your old paintings?
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Loose, flowy silhouettes that make movement feel m

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.

Lighter fabrics.
Breathable layers.
Clothes that move with you instead of sitting stiffly on you.

What started as admiration slowly became adaptation.

One of the unexpected things about living in another culture for long enough is that parts of it quietly become your own.

Most of us don’t struggle with saying no. We stru

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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21 Feb over the years…. I just love it when random

21 Feb over the years…. I just love it when random memories crop up like this. So grateful for devices we have and the ability to look back. I can see the changes not just physically, but how much I’ve grown and changed!

Me: let’s take a cute picture. Sunflowers: let’s r

Me: let’s take a cute picture.
Sunflowers: let’s remind her she’s not the main character.

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Me: let’s take a cute picture.
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Gender Roles are different and the expectations from men and women are different. That is the reality of our life. The differences show up in the smallest of ways. Sometimes , we’d like to change them, and sometimes, it is better to just acknowledge and accept. The awareness itself is a good first step.

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