The Brown Girls | Dreamland | Ch 01

As per the article by Kim Elsesser in Forbes magazine, she writes, it’s no secret women spend a lot of time and money on beauty. A Today and AOL survey found that women spend about 55 minutes a day on beauty prep—that’s almost two full weeks a year. Financially, a survey from beauty e-tailer Skinstore estimated that women spend $300,000 in their lifetime just on their faces (although they surveyed their own customers who are probably more product-obsessed than the average woman). Still, they found average women’s daily face routine involves the application of a whopping 16 products. In general, women’s purchases account for 80-90% of an estimated $500 billion market for beauty products. But is this all a part of a plan to keep women out of the C-Suite?

There are two types of world.
1. Common World: where girls are ‘measured’ with height, waist, chest, hips, eyes and hair.
2. Special World: where girls chase their dreams, celebrate, imagine, love, think and nurture.

Naina’s characters prefer;
dreaming and imagining over gossiping,
introspecting her soul over self-doubting,
celebrating her body over seeking for approval,
thinking original over being fake,
seducing mentally against the idea of being physical,
confidence over surgery,
and finally contributing towards her family, society and nation.

Very few artists have the guts to focus on the ‘core’ of a woman rather than being worried about her colour and proportion. Naina’s works happen to be realistic in their approach. They are about feelings, expressions, emotions and situations. In real life, no one looks “picture perfect” as labelled by the society.

The beauty about Naina’s woman character lies in her Individuality. Even though she is a daughter, wife or mother, her strength lies in being at the centre of that relationship. The roles she plays are an extension of herself.