A cup of Assam Tea

      The most I miss about Indian festivities is mostly the vibe that the festivities bring, the lip-smacking sweets and savory treats that instantly melt away your heart. With new trends emerging with the festive seasons, the sudden rush in our town, and those festive breaks, we waited to greet the festivities with warm and open hearts.  Here, fall is emerging and clearing away the sultry summer blues. However, the truth is that wherever you go, you bring your culture and color to your new home.         We stay in a neighborhood with people from all over the Indian subcontinent, and they bring their culture and celebrate with great zeal. Here I am wearing a cotton kurta, peach dupatta, and peach skirt. To the whole neutral palette, I added emerald earrings and oxblood red lips and nails for a pop, and dark kohl-filled eyes. Subtle celebratory look.  I hope you enjoy  Festive Look 2, Festive Look 1, and this festive loo...

      My both sets of grandparents have never eaten chicken rather they enjoyed Fish curry  or fish. The chicken was almost an alien for my families past generations. In Assam, about 30/35 years back older people instead of chicken rather ate duck, mutton or fish . That says chicken curry is not exactly a traditional dish in Assamese cuisine. But eating chicken is a quintessential part of modern Assamese family. As a kid, I remember waiting for Sunday lunches for chicken curry. The aroma of cooking chicken-filled up our home and us picky eaters can't wait to have our lunch. While growing up we only got one day holiday in the week, Sunday. Usually, everyone is at home and my mom painstakingly cooks the best and exquisite dishes to the table. And along with other specialties, the chicken was the fulcrum attraction. And happiness was eating chicken curry on Sundays.       As I told earlier, chicken curry is not exactly a traditional dish in assam...

      Every year festivity always agitates me to dress up. Sometimes buying new clothes is exciting and at other times working on the pieces you already own is exciting as well. Indian festivity calls for a riot of colors. In the trend of neutrals wearing something colorful yet staying in an understated look is tricky. I always believe and enjoy playing up with pieces mix and match, switch and swept. While wearing a colorful outfit, I tone it down with neutral accessories and while wearing neutrals, teaming it up with a pop of color or statement accessories is real fun.      Indian festive celebration is associated with some quintessential colors like red, orange, pink and yellow. This time for Indian festive celebration, I chose an orange silk kurta ( tunic ) and orange salwar ( dhoti pants ). The color orange itself is a bright and bold color. If I choose the traditional route, I should have chosen gold, yellow, pink colors. In the quite ...

In the world of flashy, machine-made products, handmade items have their own unique beauty. The beauty that lies in the imperfections makes it unique and one of a kind. Wearing something handmade always brings a sense of sublime beauty to me. That prompted me to share the first look of this year's Indian festive season. A handmade tunic and skirt in navy blue shades were recently worn for an Indian festive celebration. I am into neutral these days. A navy blue kurta (tunic) and ghagra (long a-line skirt), and added an off-white dupatta. The motive behind creating this look is to achieve an understated and classic appearance. I chose a multi-strand pearl necklace to add a bit of extra flair, and my hair and makeup are kept natural.  By the way, I was wearing L'Oréal X Sabyasachi.  Hope you like this look. 

      It's always exciting to see your favorite designer collaborate with beauty brands. What new it would offer what creativity they would add up.       When I saw Indian pioneer designer Sabyasachi 's collaboration with L'Oreal, I wanted to try it right away. But it took me a couple of months until I visited India and purchased it. Packaging : I simply adore the paper packaging on the outer box, gold on beige is just classy and Sabyasachi's signature logo was just cherry on top.  When I opened the paper packaging, the inner packaging is just like any other L'Oreal packaging, no signature Sabyasachi  in it. I wished  Sabyasachi's logo on the inner packaging as well. Color and Texture: Lipstick is from L'Ooreal color riche matte lipstick. In spite of a matte lipstick, it's not at all dry on lips and feels moist and smooth. From Sabyasachi's many darker to lighter shades, I chose the Evening Sur Seine. It is light coral color,...