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Saturday 30 June 2012

Back to the roots - "Stronger the hair roots; Stronger the hair"

It has been truly said that Indian civilization is the most ancient civilization still alive and still surviving and indeed it’s flourishing day by day. Whether it’s from food, way of dressing, fabric, dance, science, mathematics, architecture, etc.  Indian culture has always, immensely contributed to the various other cultures around the world.

Archeologists and historians have successfully proved that the world’s first university “Takshila” and “Nalanda” were first established in India and Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. The word Geometry itself is derived from the word Gayamiti and trigonometry  from the word Trikonnamiti - tri(three)+kon(angle)+miti(parametre).

Even in the field of medicine Ayurveda is considered as the earliest school of medicine known to Mankind.

India is also known for its unique art forms like classical dances, folk dances, literature, cave paintings, etc. Paintings in the Caves of Ajentha and Alora are the standing proves since 2nd century BCE speaking about the importance of hair to enhance a women's allure. Every Indian art form indeed tells secretly that how hair are the natural adornment to a women's beauty.

In India, its in fact a culture or you can say a tradition for young and married girls or women to have long & beautiful black hair. And having such cultural and traditional Granny I had no other options too.

In my school days, my granny use to chumpy (oil massage) me with tons of oil. If it was possible for her, to extract all the oil around the world to nourish my hair she could have even gone through that extent. Ya.. it was kind of  irritating but had no other choice, except accepting it.

But indeed thanks to her, after going  through numerous experiments, like rebounding, perming, coloring , chopping the hair to try out various hair cuts continuously, my hair 'survived'. But they had just survived like an injured solider who had fought the entire war for the victory of his nation.

Anyways, when I entered my early twenties I realized the actual importance of having strong and healthy hair. But it was, I guess too late because I had started facing numerous hair problems like tremendous hair fall, splitants, scalp dryness, dandruff, rough hair (Yes I had just told you that they had just survived as if they had fought a war for their mere existence). Its was as if I had lost my original texture all together. 

Then after surfing allover the net and doing some research I found out that to have healthy hair, one must have strong hair roots. Ya.. its common sense after all. for instance to build a strong architecture an architect constructs a strong base first. And it was the time Ii realized for having stronger and healthier hair I must nourish 'the roots'.

And so I went back to my roots to nourish my hair. I recollected how Granny use to everyday give me a good hair oil massage. And it was not a common oil. She use to use a special oil made from the aerial Roots of a banyan tree. In the beginning I found difficult to find that oil in the market but on the advice of my friend I ultimately found and purchased it from a Ayurvedic medicine shop. The owner of the medicine shop was also a "Vaidya" (doctor). On hearing my various hair problem the Vaidya advised me to wash my hair with the medicinal churan provided by him.

Within just a week of using that Ayurvedic oil and the churan to wash my hair, I started noticing a magical change in the texture of my hair. My hair were getting healthier and stronger day by day.
And that was the end of my all the hair problems.

As I said in the very first line "Indian civilization is the most ancient civilization still alive and still surviving and indeed it’s flourishing day by day" The only reason to it is that its strong at its roots. Similarly I learnt -

"stronger the hair roots stronger the hair"


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Thursday 14 June 2012

Endless Expectations



In economics I had learnt about "never ending human wants". But after entering the advertising sector, I have realized the main reason behind these “never ending human wants” is “the endless human expectations and desires”. These rising expectations and booming human desires sparks up the Human wants. And we advertisers spark the human expectations in order to convert it into wants and desires, to boost up the sales of the various products.

Understood anything?? No.. ok in simple words…

Our endless expectations make us want or expect more and more from one particular thing which we own or possess.

That is the reason why MOBILE INDUSTRY took such a great evolutional leap in just 2 decades.

First it was just a phone which was mobile. But now it’s a radio, music system, computer, tool to send or receive wireless massages or e-mails, web browsers, and lots more.
At every stage of human expectation, the mobile was evolved to satisfy our needs.

It’s not just in the case of Mobile. We tend to expect more and endlessly from people and relations too.

Now for instance;

First I just needed a maid to wash my utensils and keep house neat and tidy.

My previous maid was nice in her work, particular in time but very bad in attitude.

It is sort of a trend in Mumbai (God only knows when it all started) that the maids act like they are the special and rear species only alive. And the attitude they carry.. Ohh.. my.. Ghod!!!

On the very first day when I went to instruct her she in turn instructed me saying “Deko Madam! kit-kit nahi mangtay”.

And atlas I was introduced to “the attitude”. Yes, I did.

As it is difficult to find maids in Mumbai, I used the “let it go” policy to make things work between us and made a point that our attitudes won’t crash.

Actually, my basic motive for appointing her was satisfied that she use to keep the house clean but the only thing went wrong was “my expectations” towards her. I expected from her to clean the house as per my accord. Obviously it’s my house I know the best where things have to be kept and how they have to be place. And more than that I expected at list tiny little politeness, respect from her.

But the day came, she crossed over the limits of my patients and I showed her what the attitude is;

The reason was simple.

I had always requested her not to use the Kitchen napkins to clean the kitchen platform. Then I started reminding her not to do so. Later on I started ordering her what she was supposed to do.But it was as if she was continuously turning a deaf ear towards me or sometimes blind eye towards me. And at last the day arrived, when I warned (or you can say I yelled at her) saying “Pleeeaassseee, let me know, have you decided not to obey a single word I tell you? Or should I look for options instead of you”

And alas that she left.

After the nightmare of two days, I found another maid. I was so relieved that I dint even bargained with her. On her face I offer her a salary of 1000 (similar to that of my previous maid) moreover I was in an awful hurry to reach office so I dint even mentioned to her about the type of work she was suppose to do.
The whole week went smoothly. The new maid is very particular and tidy about her chores. The entire week I was in the state of Euphoria. But, my expectations grew with her perfections; Perfection about her arrival times. As discussed she was suppose to come by 7:00 am but she arrives randomly often, sometimes at 7:15 / 7:30 / 7: 40 or even sometimes at 8:00 or 8:15. And this is obviously unexpected for me. But now I’m compromising; compromising not only with the new maid, but also with my other endless expectations, which have trapped me in the emotional turmoil and anxiety.


But when I look at the positive aspect of a thing or person towards whom I start building these endless expectations, the picture seems entirely different. And my expectations merely appear stupid.

And, yes, I realized how stupid I am to forget that people can’t evolve as per our expectations but they indeed change and they no more stay the same person as they were before whom we had met or we have liked or acquainted.

Yes I have realized, but though I wonder;

Why do I still expect???

Why do I try to change the normal thing as per my wish???

Why do I still complain.. complain and complain???

Is it because I'm a human? Or
Is it because I'm selfish???...
……unhhh might be I am both

Or Might be I belong to a selfish race called “Human being” 
Or I'm just normal and I'm just "being a Human". A human who just expects.. expects and expects..