Let’s face it, as a nation, we are obsessed with long, lustrous, silken spun tresses. Pick any tele serial heroine and you would know what I mean. The ‘good daughter who becomes an ideal daughter-in-law’ always has Rapunzel like gorgeous hair. They are almost synonymous with a character certificate. Why, even Bollywood plays safe with an occasional wave and bounce in the hairstyle. The two occasions when the heroine had unabashed curls, in one she is stalked by a college mate and in the other she is the gangster’s muse, remember? I faintly remember a third movie where the heroine was engaged to one and gets married to another. In short, it’s not been looking so good for the tong tousled hair.
And as luck would have it, I have hair that stands out like a sore thumb. On good days, they look like I have plugged in my hand in the electric socket. On bad hair days, I could pass off for a god (wo)man in saffron clothes handing out miraculous powders that can cure all ailments. As a child, 20 minutes were dedicated to combing my hair, often referred to as coir. For the better part of my childhood, I had short hair that could just be brushed and adorned with a hairband. Mom did not have the time for hair logistics. She had a family to look after.
As I grew older, and the hair a tad bit longer, plaited hair was the norm. College days were life changing as ‘the perm’ was the style to sport. Ah, those days were the best days of my life, as Bryan Adams put it. Everyone said I was lucky as I did not have huge salon expenses. I remember, for special dates I’d pick the Sunsilk Shampoo sachet that cost Rs 2/-, a simple hair wash, and I was ready to rock and roll. That trademark fragrance lingered, the layered hairstyle emphasized my mane, and I got compliments galore. Yes, there was a God!
Good hair days, they say, are really a myth. Just a couple of them and an era goes by! Funny, before I knew it, I was married and on my way to have my first born. Then came the hair woes of thinning, hair loss and greying. Add to that the pollution of the mayhem called Mumbai. A little something that kept me up for better part of the night was also taking a toll. That is when my hair got introduced to the messy bun. Well, when you don’t have the time to fight it, you simply adopt it and put it back there where no one can see. I did try the occasional hair colour and treatments, but age is not just a number after all. The daughter is now going to be 12. Chaos still reigns supreme with her social and school calendar. Yes, it possibly has been that long since my crowning glory has been reduced to being tied with unflattering rubber bands. Perks of being a mom on the go.
I look back, gingerly, at photos of long ago and they seem to be of another life. I wish I could turn back time. Well, not the whole postpaid plan, but a simple recharge would do the trick . What I’d really like is to be able to ride a cool blue Vespa, without worrying about ruining my hair with the dust, pollution, and the works. Take off my helmet when I reach my daughter’s school, like Kareena did in 3 Idiots. Then shake my head to get the curls in place and walk in to that PTA Meet with BRATTITUDE. YES! That is all that I want! My 30 seconds of fame where I am able to live without the fear of frizz and let my hair down, literally.
This post has been written for the Sunsilk Recharge Your Hair Contest in association with Indiblogger.
Comments
You and your hair have a story, girl!
Good luck with the contest! 🙂
It’s always been like this, Kajal. Don’t we all? 🙂
Err…you have so much brattitude that you can loan some of it to others.
And that’s the first thing I noticed about you, your cascading curls.
All the best for the contest. You go, girl!
Yeah, I thought so too, Purba. But PTA is a different ball game, trust me! I need Armour of God to be my Angrakshak. So was hoping to distract them with a wave and a bounce, 😉
Sometimes it looks as if you have maggi for hair
Hmmmmmmmmmm bandar kya jaane adrak ka swaad? 😛
Oho look at those gorgeous curls! I can so relate to the bad hair days. Oh, I loved the easy maintenance of curls back in college. But now, gosh, they need so much care! Good luck for the contest!
Tell me about it! It is like they have a mind of their own……..Sigh!
Wow, those are beautiful curls! And yeah a vespa would do the trick totally! Here’s wishing you win it 🙂
Ha ha ha Seeta, the daughter insisted I write for this one just for the Vespa…..lol! No matter if it comes or not, she said, you must try. So here I am. 🙂
A winner post. Girls look really hot when thick curls come cascading down after they remove their helmet.
Hai na, Alka? Me thinks so too! Sigh, I am going to be PHAMOUS! 😉
By God I would kill for those curls !
I know you would, now wouldn’t you?
Hi Blogwati,
What a pleasant surprise!!
After a long gap I am here again!
OMG!!! What a tremendous change!
Well groomed one!
Hey, the sweet little one is really
stands apart from all other pics LOL
Hey why don’t you shift the pics to
both sides instead of keeping it in
the centre, I think that gives a good
look too.
Here comes a bit belated New Year Wishes
Best Wishes for the contest.
Keep informed,
Hey I am not getting the notification
I don’t know why?
I joined there already.
Have a Good Day
Philip
You have such gorgeous hair!! I had curls as a kid but then for some weird reason they transformed into wavy straight hair after my head was shaved. How I wish I still had curls , high maintenance true but you always stand out in a crowd of poker straight haired women you see everywhere these days…good luck with the contest ^_^
Such gorgeous hair! People are never happy with what they got! I have hair that’s full of static right now and they stick to all possible directions! I have even seen hairs standing straight on top of my head in the mirror! 🙁 I don’t need recharge! I need to badly discharge my hair!
I had long, straight and silky which I hated. I wanted my crowning glory to be like Dimple Kapadia’s. Damn the celluloid! We women are never happy with what we have. Now, my rule is – ‘teda hai par mera hai.’ 😉
I almost imagined u as Kareena on vespa in helmet . U know my mom has hair like urs 🙂 every one wonders as to how I got straight hair. My dadi had straight hair it seems. Good that ur hair loss started late. It started too early in my case 🙂
Good post !