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Tanushree Kaul wrote to me -
“dis mobile stand which i have designed has dual functions.
1. its a mobile stand
2.its a key holder.
I’ve given the name to my design i.e DAILY WORKOUT.. (more…)
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In Reply to Sreeja’s mail:
“hey malvika!! nice blog…
i hv been selected fr d situation test.. n nw i am preparing fr it…
i hv made a table time clock fr a fashion designer.. im not sure hw good it is… is der any way i cn mail it u so that u cn give me
I modelled again this year. It wasn’t bad at all. Got lots of compliments, but deep down inside I didn’t feel beautiful at all. It was just costume drama. They had this collection with weird characters like Dracula and shit. I was Bellatrix Lestrange.
Ran into one guy whose work I really liked. Beautiful design. A beige dress with small cloth roses twisted and sewn all over the shoulder and bust area of the dress.
Another dress that I really liked was an avant-garde orange one with a very very interesting silhouette. It had uneven puffed hemlines and cloth that swooshed down stiffly from the shoulders to just above the knees. Think of an A-shaped electric orange dress with an uneven puffed hemline. It seemed to be puffed with foam rolled in at the ends. It was nothing like ordinary clothes but I could really wear that and walk around. It’s so much fun mixing whims and fancies with perfectly ordinary life. There is simply no reason one should have to blend in or wear what others wear. Simply none.
Photo by ROCKY (Naveesh)
Yesterday I dropped in at the dance night at NIFT where the annual college fest called Spectrum is going on. Haven’t been to college in so long. Been working at a design studio. But went yesterday. Dhruv, my friend came as well with his law school friends. He could not jump into the ecstatic and frantic crowd at all. Everyone was dancing wildly like they dance in Indian weddings - few dance moves, just shaking yourself as much as you can, limbs and pelvis and shoulders. I joined in for a bit with Corina, my German flatmate who found that it was not a dance affair where people were really interested in hooking up or lounging by the side chilling and soaking in ambience. Nothing about dance partners except for a few mushy souls. She enjoyed it. Her German friend stood on the dance floor with her handbag, elbows close to herself and felt like she could not share her amazement and bewilderment with anyone because everyone else was part of the madness. Her French boyfriend was cute though and was dancing with her and making her feel at home. An Indian guy, who didn’t belong to our college, was asking me where I belonged to and said that he belonged to some place close by.
There were no third year and fourth year students. They have been there, done that and everyone prefers to go to nice clubs. Only the college fest organisers and kids were dancing and their enthusiasm and happiness was contagious 
And the best part of life - I am cycling around. Knocking my cycle into shape; not too happy with it yet; getting decent brakes put. Yet to use the most beautiful accessory I have ever received, an ankle ring to hold jeans together and keep it away from cycle grease.
College is so much about vomitting roomies huh ?
self-discovering first yrs,
ennui struck second yrs
industry-savvy third years
and holding onto jawani fourth yrs. lol
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NIFT Placements
A question that many candidates for NIFT ask me is - Where do NIFT students finally work ?
Well here is a list of placements that NIFT arranges or students arrange on their own. Please understand that this info has been collected from NIFT students and alumni all over India. I am not accountable for its correctness, in case somebody decided to give me wrong info. But let me assure you, everyone I asked had a decent level of sanity and as far as I know, the information is authentic and true.
Thank you to everyone who contributed! All the stuff I have written further is quoted from others.
PG placements
Hey, I’m working in United Colors of Benetton as a retail merchandiser for South east asia, enjoying my job to the fullest.
All the others are either working with brand or are in retail… doing good i believe. Companies where PG students got placed are -
GI, Shahi Exports, NIKE, Tommy, GAP, Li and Fung, Carrefour. (more…)
I am in Toronto and have been away from friends and family for quite long. It feels good - all this alone-ness and the anonymity. I now realize which people stick inside my brain and have a lasting value across distance. Apart from immediate family, of course, there is my x-boyfriend, my Gym instructor and a friend who makes me laugh all the time.
Anyway, the Gym instructor. Lets call him Gymmie, as I do. I am letting out secrets. Wow. There has been so much of sweating, lifting weights, holding ankles for crunches and counting exercise bicycle miles with him, how can I forget him? (more…)