'You have to accept me
on my terms
Not yours
If you truly care
You have to accept me
For what I am
And not
What you want me to be’
There are always two ways of looking at a picture; you can call a
glass of water either half filled or half empty, you can either
highlight the beautiful rose or emphasize the prickly thorns……….it
really is up to you!
This is not meant to be a condemnation of a recently published
venomous article about the gurus of our fashion industry (the
publication may call it a light piece all to be taken in a good
spirit for a laugh or two, but it was in bad taste nonetheless);
nor is it in defense of the celebrities and how they choose to
live their private lives; This is just an attempt to put things as
they are, to state the factual state of affairs and put the record
straight about the relationship between the various components of
the glitzy world of the fashion industry.
The first and foremost thing in
this respect is that the fashion industry does not comprise a
single or a couple of persons only; from designers to make up
artists to models to photographers, visualizers to
choreographers to the publication people….. it is one big
persona each part of which is inter dependant and cannot
survive on its own. It also calls for a mutual respect and
regard for each other which includes knowing each others good
or bad traits and accepting them as part of the personality.
It certainly does not mean making fun of anyone just because
he/she happens to have a so called peculiar trait which is an
absolutely personal and very private matter. After all, these
great masters of their respective departments are not famous
for the peculiar traits that some people choose to highlight.
No, the world acknowledges and bows to them for the
magnificent work that they have produced and by virtue of
which they continue to bring the country a very prestigious
name and international acclaim.
And there is another dimension of the whole matter as well.
Man is man because of the mixture of good and bad in his
persona. No man can be all good as that would raise him to the
pedestal of an angel; likewise, no man can be absolutely bad
as that would render him the status of the devil. So man
remains man, who is an amalgam of good, bad and not-so-good
and not-so-bad traits. That is a universally accepted truth.
In the light of this truth, may we ask what right does one man
have to point a finger toward any other man? (Remember when
you point a finger at someone, the remaining three point back
at you!) It is as simple as the question of who is going to
pelt the first stone at the sinner; the one who is not guilty
of a single misdeed in his entire life, is the simplest of the
answer, and can we boast to be that one person? I think not. |
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So while trying to uncover some hidden matter (which may or may
not be true) about the great masters of glamour industry, let's
not forget we, the publication people also form part of the same
set-up as they do and (whether we like it or not) are heavily
inter dependant on each other for sustenance and survival. And
wouldn't it be a bit insensible to unveil a part of your very own
self, by yourself?
So, there are two ways of looking
at a picture; you can call the glass of water half empty, or
half filled; you can highlight the beautiful rose or emphasize
the prickly thorns…………it really is up to you!
We at 'Guys 'n Galz' choose to take in the picture as it is,
i.e. in absolute totality, with all its pros and cons, giving
equal importance to all factors and giving respect to all for
what they are and whom they choose to be. We choose to take in
the glass of water as a glass of water; we choose to take in
the beautiful rose along with its prickly thorns!
What choice would you make? Like we said earlier, that is
entirely up to you…………………!
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