LIFE WON’T SPARKLE UNLESS YOU DO!

The attraction of sequins is simple: they’re eye-catching, dazzling and brilliant, cherry on the top is that they make you appear like a talking n walking disco ball. City First brings to you the significance of sequins in the fashion world

MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Sequins from the disco era are once again in style. As 2022 is already over, what’s a better way to bid goodbye to the old and welcome the new than with a stunning, eye-catching sequin dress? You may get the appearance you’re trying for, whether it’s sexy, charming, trendy, or fancy, by coordinating your sequin dress with fashionable shoes and accessories, regardless of whether you plan to wear it for holidays, special events, or hell, whenever you’d like. Many individuals hesitate to wear sequins out of concern that it would be too much, but when done correctly, you can dress it up or bring it down and accomplish the appearance and style you were going for.

Putting on sequins no matter if you’re wearing a sequin top, skirt, or even a long dress, accessories will dress up that style and assist you to reach your goals. Start with your favourite piece, whether it’s the sequin jacket or the flirty little cocktail dress, and then gradually add other items to complete the look. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, therefore adding too much “bling” or piling on too many accessories can ruin your appearance and pack on the pounds, making you look larger, especially in pictures.

For a more “relaxed” appearance for an evening happy hour or function, consider adding a fitting leather jacket to your sequin cocktail dress. In addition to toughening up the appearance and giving it a cool edge, a leather jacket may also tame down a sequin dress so that it can be worn casually. A pair of dramatic drop earrings will spice up and finish the style, giving you a more opulent appearance.

DR MRIDUL BHASIN Writer and Social Activist

inshuk Gupta seems to be the newest signature in English and Hindi creative writing who has pushed open a new door in talking about the almost taboo LGBT domain. The final year student of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Medical College, Kinshuk excels as a student as he does as a writer too. He is an award-winning writer and still in his early twenties, is the Associate Editor at Usawa Literary Review, and poetry editor at Jaggery Lit. His bilingual writing as a poet, translator, fiction writer and freelance journalist has rave and surprising reviews. His published collection of stories titled, Satrangi: Dil Hai Ki Chor Darwaza has widely positive reviews as included in the book. It shows that he is not only noticed but appreciated for his daring and style. The recent launch of the book during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur elicited many questions from the youth who attended the launch of his book and he answered them with candid verve. The Anchor was no other than the publisher of Vani Prakashan, Aditi Maheshwari. She admits that mosexuality and gender dysphoria as psychosexual disorders. While going through the rigorous regimen of MBBS he got to understand that doctors were mostly homophobic and their approach to the LGBT community was mostly hostile. The sexual duality of men and women is understood in scientific terms in medical science but the twilight zone of homosexuality is never explained even in the medical curriculum. The writer hopes that with the law legitimizing homosexuality, perceptions and inclusion will come about slowly. Kinshuk Gupta agrees with Hoshang Merchant who says – Women and gay people have a common enemy and that is ‘the Macho Man.’

Traversing through the maze of the subject, he began talking to male-female gay students, doctors, writers and other professionals. He got a surprising response to his articles and stories in English newspapers and Hindi magazines. He began sorting out facts from myths and found out that alternate sexuality is being denied at different levels in our society. Even doctors and counsellors refused to deal with the subject objectively and scien-