Lost my grandfather last night. He was a man I hated with all my heart. He was vile, cunning and selfish in the worst ways. I still bawled at his loss. Grief works in weird ways and sometimes feeling relief is also okay. End of an era.
Designers hating Canva is such a privileged take. The platform has taught so many people who don’t understand design the basics of aesthetic and fonts and has made design accessible to people who probably wouldn’t even dream of paying for or installing Adobe. Why is it so bad?
Gentle reminder since we're on the verge of another lockdown, please don't buy a puppy out of boredom and loneliness. It's a 12+ year commitment that requires sustained love, care and nurturing. It's not for timepass.
I had an abortion at 20, an age when I definitely didn’t want children nor did I have the capacity to look after one. Whatever be the flaws of the Indian system, at the end of the day, because of the law I was able to get what I needed.
I was talking to this client of mine and he mentioned Dil Chahta Hai to his interns and they just stared at him. He asked them if they knew the movie and someone said “sounds familiar” and the other one was like no what is it. 🥲🥲 I don’t think anyone had a worse day than him.
Being brown is fun when you can rake in that content cash, but when it comes to actually knowing what's going on, you don't want to use your resources? RIGHT.
India is so close to my heart. It saddens me to see the violence and discrimination happening. It’s not right.
Would be very grateful if anyone could send me any reliable sources of information so I can learn more. 🙏🏽❤️
My husband's company is cutting his PLs and SLs because he got Covid and needed time to recover. Companies world over are giving people days off to take care and here 3 boys think it's perfectly fine to extract PLs for something that's out of his control? New fucking low.
I’ve been shamed for not having kids twice this month by the same person in a work setting where my personal choices were not even the topic of discussion. It’s been 2 weeks and I cannot shake this off. As someone who usually stands up for themselves I found myself disengaging.
I’ve met so many wonderful forever people in my life but I know my mom and I are going to age together into crabby, cleaning obsessed, savage old women. So, happy birthday mom ♥️
May you continue to be the badass you are. I love you!
Here to tell my younger self who wanted to be a recluse with dogs that she found someone who'd want to be a recluse with her and the dogs forever.
Long story short, I'm getting married in 3 hours.
Don’t know if my husband is talking about himself but I just overheard him telling our dog “People are coming today and they’ll want to say hi to you. So what’s the game plan? Who are we avoiding first?” 🤣
I worked at a company that paid a little too much attention to how you looked. Back then, makeup was not something I had a relationship with. Every morning for a month a colleague came early to do my face up in the washroom so I wouldn’t feel out of place. Kindest person I know.
Breaks my heart that someone’s divorce is trending on Twitter. I know I know she has a very public life but that shit is destructive to your mental health. SO many opinions and all of them unsolicited.
This week we let a client go mostly because of how abusive they were towards us. It is NOT acceptable to talk to someone rudely just because you think you can, even worse if you top that up with "I have crores lying in the bank from VC funding, your fee means nothing to me."
Am I the only one who thinks that Unilever should've dropped the whole damn product itself instead of giving it a new name? It still IS a skin lightening cream at the end of the day.
Fuck CoWin and just let people organize area-wise vaccination drives so everyone can just get their shots. Not everyone has time to play fastest finger first every night in the hopes of coming closer to saving their life.
NRI husband has never watched Hera Pheri. We're 10 mins into the movie and he's trying to understand why there's an American Football sequence.
Guess I'm in for a ride.
When the law doesn’t support this, just think what it does to victims of domestic violence, rape, people with disabilities, the whole spectrum? How is this even a conversation let alone a bill?
Finished a book in less than a day for the first time in probably 3 years and I can’t help but notice how distant yet familiar the absolute sadness of finishing a gripping read is.
Peanut will be up for adoption later this week. He's an incredible, balanced 45 day old pup with the most awoo face ever 🥺
He loves to play and isn't clingy. He loves cosy corners and sleeps under the bed/couch by himself. He'll also do really well as a second dog.
#Bangalore
Rytasha Rathod decided to share a ride with a pup this morning and abandoned him after reaching her destination.
How can someone with thousands of followers be this daft about the basics of animal welfare? And when asked, what kind of a response is that?
Given my team the next couple of days off to just decompress. The news is stressful, everyone's mental health is suffering and frankly if you're not in a time sensitive business please give your team a break too. Things ARE bad. Let people feel.
I need some extroverted friends who will step out with me for an unplanned afternoon cocktail. It’s sometimes so frustrating to be around folk who need a 5 business day heads up and pep talk for everything.
I just realized I'm afraid of pissing my elder dog off. He gives such a, "if you love me 24/7, everyone will be fine" vibe.
Reference: His face when he heard me tell my younger pup I loved him. Extremely telling.
The last designer I hired had great aesthetics but didn’t come from a design background. She created magic with Canva and found it easy to pick up Adobe and Affinity when given the space to learn.
She was a wonderful designer and I think Canva stands for people like her too!
Been avoiding sharing so much on here because it just feels like either you have to be really insightful (in a politically correct way) or really sorted (in a tech bro way) - and both are so exhausting to keep up with.
For nobody who asked, here's a general thought dump.
q: what is an outfit worn by an actress in a bollywood film that instantly comes to your mind when you think of an iconic, era-defining piece of costume - something that influenced pop culture & wardrobes of women irl (this is for an article will be thankful if u can answer)
2.6 years of working independently and here we are :) I'd love to introduce you to my baby, The Satori Studio. My journey with advertising, like most people's, made me think a lot about 'why' I did what I did, and this is where it got me :)
Sure I’ve also heard a client tell me “we can do this on Canva too” but hating Canva doesn’t solve for that problem. Design as a function is more thought than skill and if you don’t have that, even Adobe can’t help you.
Living for all these Sima aunty memes.
Fun fact, I looked her up and learnt that she charges $5,000 (ish) per client. That's ₹3.75L. Jokes on all of us.
It's been two months and a client hasn't paid me a fairly large sum of money. Mind you, they are extremely well-to-do and just don't think I deserve to be paid, irrespective of what the contract says.
I cannot express what a massive dump this has taken on my mental health.
Been exactly two years since I packed up my life in three suitcases and moved to Bangalore. Till today it's been the decision I've taken for myself.
I built a home, adopted two dogs, became an entrepreneur and made friends who are like family.
Couldn't be more grateful❤️
First, I’m PISSED. It’s no one’s goddamn business on whether I choose to reproduce or not.
Second, not birthing a human child does not invalidate my motherhood as a pet parent, plant parent or even as someone who raised their sibling.
I was finally able to register my marriage and while we had all the paperwork that would allow us to legally get married the registrar was more keen on meeting my father to ensure I wasn't eloping 🙄 There's no point of the "law" or "consent" if this is going to happen anyway!
Whoever says pet parenting isn't the same as having real children has probably never experienced either. Please stop trying to invalidate our love, care and dedication for our babies just because they are furry.
Sorry to say but Indians are the worst breed. Shaadi meri hui legal, par logo ko lag raha hai ki shayad bhai se hui ya phir phere nahi mare toh asli nahi hai. Chup karo. Legally hui, aadmi se, kaanoon ke barabar.
Lots of solids x statement pieces | Best thing I did this year was build a reallly good basics/essentials wardrobe to compliment all the statement pieces I had.
Why am I sharing this? Because it happens to all of us. Every damn day, in some way or the other, we have to justify why we’re not married, why we are, why we call our dogs our kids, why we look the way we do, why we divorce or not, and it does not stop.