(It isn't wrong to say crises can make you or break you.
Whatever I am, as of this August, reflects the slew of emotional changes I've
been through over the past few months. The direct manifestation of this
rather obnoxious disturbance was my inability to express. I have been extremely
distant from my usual articulate self.
Today, though, something stirred within me and the corpse of
writing was bought back to life.)
A smidgen of a deep purple
lipstick, black eye liner, shimmery eye shadow and a bindi that overshadows thinly plucked brows. This is what the
appearance of an average lower income group Indian woman has come to. Income
classifications aside, Indian women have begun wearing makeup and I for one,
could not be happier.
I have originally been the
sort of person who associates makeup or any upkeep in appearance with
anti-feminist notions. In sharp contrast, more recently, I have moved on to
regarding even a dash of kajal as a secret handshake between women, saying,
“Hey, this is the uprising we are a part of.” Having witnessed scores of women
asked by their fathers/brothers/husbands to not wear ‘loud makeup’, a bold lip
is my favorite symbol of defiance on another woman.
I do not care if you can contour like a supermodel or not, but seeing a maid wearing a nice pink lip gloss, makes me feel like she is overlooking the drudgery of living with a unemployed, drunken husband and accepting her responsibilities as the sole bread winner, proudly.
I do not care if you can contour like a supermodel or not, but seeing a maid wearing a nice pink lip gloss, makes me feel like she is overlooking the drudgery of living with a unemployed, drunken husband and accepting her responsibilities as the sole bread winner, proudly.
Also, this is in no way discriminating against
women who do not wear makeup because ultimately appearance is a matter of
personal choice, but nothing satisfies me more, than seeing ten different women
with the most intense and intricate winged eyeliner in a crowded Churchgate
bound train at 8 am.
Multiple Indian middle-class women finally reaching their global counterparts in makeup application might seem like a vain idea but it signifies the snail-paced but growing voice of the Indian woman who is unafraid and unapologetic about her red lip terrifying you. And yes, she will wear it as often as she wants to, lest you sexualize her or her sisters.
Multiple Indian middle-class women finally reaching their global counterparts in makeup application might seem like a vain idea but it signifies the snail-paced but growing voice of the Indian woman who is unafraid and unapologetic about her red lip terrifying you. And yes, she will wear it as often as she wants to, lest you sexualize her or her sisters.
