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Directed by Razy Ghai, this is an unobtrusive observation of women subject to abuse, deciding in their own ways to let things go and move forward.

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Ramona Arena sent me this video today and I found it haunting and beautiful.
Directed by Razy Ghai, this is an unobtrusive observation of women subject to
abuse, deciding in their own ways to let things go and move forward… But don’t
mistake her ‘silence’ for ‘compliance’. Don’t you dare.



Music: Moby – Almost Home

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Mumbai's Foodies & Fashionistas Get a Taste of Kashmir at the Opening of Poush | MissMalini

Poush, a restaurant in Mumbai which specializes in authentic Kashmiri delicacies, launched its latest edition at Phoenix Market City Mall in Mumbai.

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Mumbai’s Foodies &#038; Fashionistas Get a Taste of Kashmir at the Opening of Poush - MissMalini

Achla SachdevMumbai’s fashion frat and many young Bollywood actors got a taste
of exotic and authentic Kashmiri food at the opening of Poush, a specialty
restaurant at a mall in Kurla.

Om Takoo, the genial entrepreneur who has introduced the flavours of this
pristine mountainous region to Mumbai, tells us, “Kashmiri cuisine is an art
form! Unlike other northern Indian cuisine that is cooked using onion or garlic
based gravies, Kashmiri cuisine avoids onions and garlic and the food is cooked
in 

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Riddhi &amp; Siddhi Mapxencar.

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Lakme Fashion Week Preview: Meet the Mapxencar Twins | MissMalini

Designer twins, Riddhi and Siddhi Mapxencar previewed their Lakme Fashion Week collection to select guests, over wine and cheese, at a haute soiree.

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Lakme Fashion Week Preview: Meet the Mapxencar Twins - MissMalini

Riddhi and Siddhi MapxencarBeing twins, they’re of course twice the fun, and
that joie do vivre was in the air at a private preview of Riddhi and Siddhi
Mapxencar‘s new collection for Lakme Fashion Week.

Held at Dessange, a swanky new spa and salon in Mumbai, Riddhi and Siddhi had
the lovely Urvashi Rautela (a winner of the I Am She pageant
[www.missmalini.com/2012/09/24/exclusive-i-am-she-2012-winners-talk-about-their-experience-future-plans/]
), model a vibrant design from the collection.

Ur

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Malaika Arora Khan LIVE at the G+ IPL Hangover! | MissMalini

As promised, yesterday Malaika Arora Khan was a special guest on the G+ IPL Hangover show (courtesy yours truly!) which streamed LIVE on YouTube India,

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Malaika Arora Khan LIVE at the G+ IPL Hangover! - MissMalini

Ramona Arena &amp; Malaika Arora KhanAs promised
[http://www.missmalini.com/2013/05/02/who-wants-to-hangout-with-mallaika-arora-khan/]
, yesterday Malaika Arora Khan was a special guest on the G+ IPL Hangover show
(courtesy yours truly!) which streamed LIVE on YouTube India, and boy did she
look GOOD! SO good in fact that it took show co-host José Covaco several minutes
to recover! Wanna see? :)

PS. You know Malaika is an ex-MTV VJ right?! Just like Ramona Arena and José!

G+ HangoutJosé CovacoAnyw

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Ramp To Reality: Ramona Arena in a Toga! | MissMalini

Undoubtedly, singer and former veejay Ramona Arena can be counted among the better dressed celebrities in Mumbai. With a distinct bohemian slant to her

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Ramp To Reality: Ramona Arena in a Toga! - MissMalini

Ramona Arena in Nikhil ThampiUndoubtedly, singer and former veejay Ramona Arena can be counted among the
better dressed celebrities in Mumbai. With a distinct bohemian slant to her
style, Ramona makes it a point to enhance her slim waist whenever she steps out
for a public event.

Case in point, this Nikhil Thampi toga-style outfit (with shiny disco pants)
which she wore for the My Fav Awards 2012 at Blue Frog last night. Even though
the outfit is meant to be worn loose, Ramona clinched it at th

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Ramp to Reality: Ramona Arena in Payal Khandwala at Sunburn Festival | MissMalini

At the recent Sunburn Festival in Goa, singer Ramona Arena added a colourful dash of style to the event in mix-and-match apparel by Payal Khandwala. The

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Ramp to Reality: Ramona Arena in Payal Khandwala at Sunburn Festival - MissMalini

Ramona Arena in Payal KhandwalaAt the recent Sunburn Festival in Goa, singer Ramona Arena added a colourful
dash of style to the event in mix-and-match apparel by Payal Khandwala.

The Obi belt and chunky bangles accentuated Ramona’s look.

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Celebrity Spotting at Sunburn Festival 2012! | MissMalini

One of my favorite RJs, Anjaan (who recently relocated to Dubai) decided to hop back down to Goa for Sunburn this year. Even better, he offered to blog

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Celebrity Spotting at Sunburn Festival 2012! - MissMalini

One of my favorite RJs, Anjaan (who recently relocated to Dubai) decided to hop
back down to Goa for Sunburn this year. Even better, he offered to blog his
celebrity, fashion and tune-spotting just for MissMalini.com. Love that guy,
check it out :) xoxo

Anjaan and Albin MyersHere is the first Installment of photos. I took sooo many
I can’t figure out how to sift through them. Hopefully these will be of use to
you! :)

Ekta Rajani, Suchitra Pillai, Madhu Sapre, Mansi Scott and palsRamona Arena i

Arshad Warsi

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Imran Khan

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Maria Goretti

Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola

Poorna Jagannathan

The RedBull Soap Box Race 2012 (It Came, It Saw, It Rolled Down the Hill!) | MissMalini

I flew back at 7am from Hyderabad last Sunday just so I could witness (and judge!) the first-of-it's-kind RedBull Soap Box Race in Mumbai. I kid you not,

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The RedBull Soap Box Race 2012 (It Came, It Saw, It Rolled Down the Hill!) - MissMalini

Harleen Soap Box CarDarth VaderI flew back at 7am from Hyderabad last Sundayjust so I could witness (and
judge!) the first-of-it’s-kind RedBull Soap Box Race in Mumbai. I kid you not,
when I pulled up to Mount Mary Church (still half asleep) in my rickshaw I
totally did not expect to see the throngs of people that showed up to create a
carnival like I’ve never seen before! It was absolutely fantastic. And OMG, once
again my people have made me proud. Where will you find this kind of enthusiasm
o

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Desi Girl Traveler: Ramona Arena Goes Scuba Diving in the Maldives | MissMalini

The beach, the sea, sunshine, scuba diving, friends, good food and a yacht. Add the Republic of the Maldives to it and voilà - life doesn’t get better

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Desi Girl Traveler: Ramona Arena Goes Scuba Diving in the Maldives - MissMalini

This is where nature is most inviting, all you need to do is surrender, let the
pristine, clear waters carry you and your load as you get kissed by the
Maldivean sunThe beach, the sea, sunshine, scuba diving, friends, good food and
a yacht. Add the Republic of the Maldives to it and voilà – life doesn’t get
better than this. But sadly it’s not life, just a tiny little slice of it, which
I refer to as my holiday, my escape, my time out.

All thanks to Shaff, a friend who is among many things, a s

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Catch Cabaret and All That Jazz, Broadway & Beyond at NCPA this Weekend | MissMalini

One of the most awe-inspiring musicals I have been to in the the recent past has got to be Raell Padamsee's Broadway & Beyond which stars Ramona

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Catch Cabaret and All That Jazz, Broadway &#038; Beyond at NCPA this Weekend - MissMalini

Ramona Arena performs Diamonds Are A Girl&#039;s Best FriendOne of the most
awe-inspiring musicals I have been to in the the recent past has got to be Raell
Padamsee’s Broadway &amp; Beyond which stars Ramona Arena, Shariyar Atai, Tara
Sutaria and Siddharth Meghani.

Ramona Arena performs in Broadway &amp; BeyondLife is a cabaret, old chum, come to
the cabaretIf you love the old musicals and Broadway plays, this one’s for you.
Ramona sings a smoky rendition of Cabaret, All That Jazz (from Chicago) and 
Diamo

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Neha Dhupia

A Lot Can Happen Over a Cuppa and Ramona Arena's Party is Proof! | MissMalini

A popular coffee chain recently celebrated the opening of their hundredth cafe at Carter Road in Mumbai and actress Neha Dhupia (wearing a red dress by

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A Lot Can Happen Over a Cuppa and Ramona Arena’s Party is Proof! - MissMalini

Neha DhupiaA popular coffee chain recently celebrated the opening of their
hundredth cafe at Carter Road in Mumbai and actress Neha Dhupia (wearing a red
dress by Gauri &amp; Nainika) was invited as the chief guest to celebrate the
occasion along with Peter Buckingham – the Deputy High Commissioner, UK.

Later in the evening, singer and VJ, Ramona Arena, hosted a wine and canapes
party for her close friends from the television and fashion industry.

Ramona ArenaChinese Whispers? Ramona with Yudishti

Arijit Datta

Nikhil D&#039;Souza

Ramona Arena Denies Link-up With Zaheer Khan | MissMalini

Our friend, Ramona Arena, performed live for the first time at a boutique in Mumbai, last night, where she sang live on stage with Sheffali Alvares,

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Ramona Arena Denies Link-up With Zaheer Khan - MissMalini

Ramona ArenaOur friend, Ramona Arena, performed live for the first time at a boutique in
Mumbai, last night, where she sang live on stage with Sheffali Alvares, Arijit
Datta and Nikhil D’souza.

Ramona performs live in MumbaiRamona performs live in MumbaiHowever, even though
her vocal talents are considerable, we only had one question on our mind: Are
you seeing Zaheer Khan, as reported in the papers?

Of course, Ramona burst out laughing and said, “Oh my god! Those papers will
write anything! T

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Guest Celebrity Blogger, Ramona Arena: 10 Things You Didn't Know About "Wanna Be Your Only Love" | MissMalini

I remember meeting Ramona for the first time in her MTV VJ avatar. Since then she's gone on to act, sing, write, host TV shows, scuba dive and travel

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Guest Celebrity Blogger, Ramona Arena: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About “Wanna Be Your Only Love” - MissMalini

I remember meeting Ramona for the first time in her MTV VJ avatar. Since then
she’s gone on to act, sing, write, host TV shows, scuba dive and travel around
the world. Needless to say, ‘ain’t nobody gonna keep her down! Here she is with
all the dope on her new single “Wanna Be Your Only Love” and 10 things you
probably wouldn’t have guessed! xoxo

Anish Sood and Ramona Arena

1. I wrote the lyrics and composed the vocal melody for it too.

2. The lyrics were actually a poem I’d written for someo

Ramona Arena

Ladies, Are We Almost Home?

Mumbai’s Foodies & Fashionistas Get a Taste of Kashmir at the Opening of Poush

Lakme Fashion Week Preview: Meet the Mapxencar Twins

Malaika Arora Khan LIVE at the G+ IPL Hangover!

Ramp To Reality: Ramona Arena in a Toga!

Ramp to Reality: Ramona Arena in Payal Khandwala at Sunburn Festival

Celebrity Spotting at Sunburn Festival 2012!

The RedBull Soap Box Race 2012 (It Came, It Saw, It Rolled Down the Hill!)

Desi Girl Traveler: Ramona Arena Goes Scuba Diving in the Maldives

Catch Cabaret and All That Jazz, Broadway & Beyond at NCPA this Weekend

A Lot Can Happen Over a Cuppa and Ramona Arena’s Party is Proof!

Ramona Arena Denies Link-up With Zaheer Khan

Guest Celebrity Blogger, Ramona Arena: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About “Wanna Be Your Only Love”