i have to admit this – i have been reading an unusual amount of bollywood gossip. but you cant blame me – apart from the repetitive nature of indian politics (who need scam after scam?) and some re-worded lifestyle articles (which i am sure are 3-year-old lifts from US/UK mags), there isn’t much to be gleaned from the online news sources. and i couldnt help noticing the attention being paid to bollywood starlets who have managed to shed the millimetre of fat on their already-skinny bodies to reach the coveted size zero.
if you haven’t yet heard of this, yes, there is a size zero. according to wikipedia, sizes 0 and 00 were created to help cope with the changing needs of fashion, and size zero “often refers to extremely thin individuals (especially women), or trends associated with them”. and thats what the B-queens are aspiring for. its funny to be reading about this, because not too long ago, there was a lot of talk about fashion magazines starting to respect healthy figures, with one fash-mag (was it Vogue?) featuring a model with a *gasp* small tummy (i mean, the protruding tummy). there is also a lot of talk about how the hype over increasingly smaller waistlines is causing many girls to become emotionally and physically starved.
then again, i doubt we would grow out of our fascination with skinny figures anytime soon. it has become too strongly embedded in our minds and lives – to the point that telling someone “you’ve lost weight!” is only to be taken as a compliment. i mean, how could you even think otherwise? funny thing is, there is also a lot of talk about food in all the media – restaurants, recipes and hitherto unheard of delights…with all this talk of food all around us, how does one reconcile with reality and stave off the calories to shed the pounds? especially when you are rich enough to get italian gelato (from italy) when you want it!
beats me!
the world in my eyes 