![]() ![]() The BB (Bangalore Blues) seem to have hit me hard. I was….īENGALURU: It’s been a dif ferent kind of week for me. Sometimes the universe reminds us how ‘Zen’ blessed we are. Sufi music played in the background, while we laughed, cried and reminisced over our rich lives, past, present and future. The evening meandered over warm conversations and warmer friendships as we sipped on Madhu’s superlative cocktails. Delicately munched on hors d’oeuvres and discreetly passed around jasmine tea only made us feel bien-cuidado! The long-standing dinner meet-up with Manjul Gupta and Madhu Natraj at the latter’s lovely home was long overdue. It is truly amazing how deftly used skin-care and make-up can make a woman feel and look like a million bucks. ![]() Since it is a well-heeled and upmarket product, the turnout of ‘well-heeled’ women was a sight for sore eyes. Since my ‘non-Zen’ type feeling continued unabated, the only way to pick-me-up was to go to an impeccably curated afternoon soiree at the Estee Lauder outlet and browse through a myriad of beauty products after a span of two years. Since these dinners are paid for or, ‘a strictly by-invitation scenario’, the ‘entitled’ are excluded. A well-curated dinner with the ‘discreetly’ affluent, in a magical surrounding is always welcome. The spate of exhibitions and pop-ups run their course unabated while we are having the ‘starred’ chefs also ‘popping’ up and giving us a dekko into their cuisine. I’m glad to see things getting back to normal with a bang. I have matured enough to pick which battles I want to fight. ![]() But if I am the one who has started the ruckus then the ‘Zen-act’ is forgotten while I dive in with both feet! I do that less and less nowadays. I swallow hard, process the information and valiantly try to ‘respond’ rather than to simply ‘react’. So respond already!’’ My beady eyes espy friends who are expectantly looking for me to take a stance. The feeling is like, “You are a woman with so many words in your mouth. Immediately I feel under-pressure to respond, retort or rebuff. ![]()
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