I'd be lying if I said that I took it all very calm and cool when my 12-year-old marriage broke up. I did feel angry, bitter, sad, but I didn't let them consume me.Collection: Marriage
I have never followed fitness or fashion.Collection: Fitness
I love this planet and I feel that depriving yourself from anything which this planet has to offer is taking you backwards on your road to fitness.Collection: Fitness
I don't discriminate between a boy and girl when it comes to friendship.Collection: Friendship
A lot of people don't know how to pull themselves out of their rut and how to change realities. In technology, you routinely have an 'upgrade' for your phones and computers. Our personal inner software needs upgrading too.Collection: Computers
Single parenting isn't easy, but it's a choice I made and as with everything else in my life it's been a 'give it your 100 per cent or don't do it.'Collection: Parenting
If you have to ban something, ban products which are actually harmful for us, like cigarettes. Smoking also affects the health of people standing around you. But we won't ban such things. We're told don't eat fish, don't eat meat, don't wear miniskirts and other such things.Collection: Health
I am not the kind to hide the fact that I have used artificial means to hide or correct my features.
Kamasutra shaped my career in every possible way. It enhanced the whole sexism quotient that I had come with. It made me famous and infamous.
I don't know how we existed when there was no SMS. It saves time, as it cuts out all the pleasantries exchanged on the phone.
The idea is to grow. There is a shelf life for every avatar and the nature of roles will change and one just has to keep doing different things.
I've ventured into my past life and have experienced it. What I was in the previous life and why I've taken birth in this world, I believe in all of this because I've seen it on my own.
Now my children also don't have a particular religion as I also didn't have. The only difference is that now they have Muslim and Parsi also in their blood. So they may be called Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Parsi!
As long as one uses the SMS facility to keep in touch or for work, it's okay. But, it should never intrude into your personal sphere. There are people I know who use it in relationships and there one has to draw a line.
India is abundant in ayurveda, yoga, meditation, holistic wellness, therapists, energy healers, natural and chemical-free skincare, haircare organic foods and more.
The lockdown has taught people how to make do with what they have and how to consume responsibly. For the sake of our environment and our very own holistic wellness, I hope this wellness trend of sustainability continues to grow and spread.
Cooking at home is a great wellness trend simply because you know exactly what goes into your meal and you can tweak it to your tastes.
Age-old therapies that Indian households have followed for centuries, like drinking kasha's, mixing turmeric with pepper and honey, planting tulsi for purification and the use of aromatherapy to boost immunity have now become new age therapies.
My wardrobe comprises of the world's top designers and is equally filled with shopping from roadside stalls and local shops because I believe 'if it looks good, it looks good!' full stop.
A more holistic view encompassing mental, emotional, financial, social and spiritual wellness is as important as physical health, is now defined, understood, and aspirational.
The beauty & distinction of Happy Soul is that it caters to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness in all forms.
Swimming, trekking, outdoor sports activities have been a part of life right from childhood through youth.
Experiences in life are supposed to make you better, not bitter. If one marriage doesn't work out, it's not necessary that the second one won't.
I hug my kids, staff, dogs; that is the way I show my affection. If people don't understand that, I can't help it.
I grew up in a no man's land. My mother was ultra liberated and she thought I was backward because I didn't smoke or do drugs, yet for the society, I was very modern. Mothers would keep their daughters away from me for fear they would get corrupted.
My marriage ended when I was pregnant with my second child. I lost all the support system with little money left. Then the book 'Who Moved My Cheese' changed my life.
People ask me how can I give them relationship advice when my marriage was a failure. I tell them staying put in a bad relationship is not success, leaving a terrible relationship successfully, is a success.
Interestingly, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, who is a transgender, was really close to me. She used to tell me that she was ready to change her sexuality for me. In fact, she would touch me and hug me like a man. Her voice would change when she spoke to me and called me darling and it became rather macho. I think it was really cute and lots of fun.