Fantastico Adventure!

"One-Two-Three-Four,

I love To explore!

Expand my knowledge,

And learn more & more!

Be the best explorer,

Travelling every corner,

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

Gimme new Adventure!"

- Inspired by the Hindi-Film Song- '1-2-3-4-Get On The Dance Floor' from the Bollywood movie- Chennai Express!

The explorer in me loves soul-stirring experiences!

I rejoice as adventure wins over me & captures my senses!

I soak in all the wondrous smells, tastes, touch & sights,

Travel pampers my ego as I enjoy flavors & delights!

Variety is the spice of life & life is a flattering fest! 

Magical conversion of the unseen into seen is best!  

Walking on every street in every city under the sun,

Is my exciting & wondrous idea of knowledge & fun!

I happily jet set go to places & clock miles with smiles!

I smile as that’s the universal language across miles!

I believe- 'the World is a Family'- 'Vasudaiva Kutumbakam'

Adventure makes me lose inhibitions; everywhere I'm welcome!

Adventure & Travel mean a lot to me- I love my Freedom…

I celebrate being a World Citizen & everywhere I feel at home!

World's kingdom broadens my horizons & experience, 

I’m a Queen- rich with memories, friends & confidence!

My voyage of Self-Discovery, Clarity & Serendipity,

Adventure helps bridging boundaries from Fantasy to Reality!

Dreaming of travel as for me, it's a gift, a miracle, a boon!

I hope my cool dream I’ll get to grab & enjoy real soon! 

Adventure is climbing mountains & joy in conquering heights.

Adventure is witnessing the sunrise, sunset, moonlight & other sights!

Adventure is sailing oceans, with or without adventurous gear!
Adventure is carrying on the journey with smiles & spreading cheer.

Adventure is travelling around the world & smart navigation!
Relying on nature, instincts, technology and imagination!
Adventure is sensing and experiencing the world in store,

Fabulous feeling to deeply love travel & adventures more.

Adventure is setting examples & living new adventures everyday!
Having courage, zeal & stamina & many adventurous tales to say!

Adventure makes us peppy & we march confidently ahead.

Its magical impact empowers & conquers negativity, fear & dread. 

Adventure is what makes us go far with flamboyance & flair!
It's that overpowering urge that can earn us limelight & glare!
Adventure is like a fairy-tale, stuff of legends & what inspires all.
Adventure is what builds us & makes us lead as we stand tall!

Photo- Caroline Knopf; PicturePrompt- Magpie Tales

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford

Adventure is like music- captivates & to its tunes we dance!
Adventure is grabbing opportunities & chance & romance!
Adventure is Fantastico & much more than all this!
Hope to realize Fantastico ambitious adventurous wish!

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In Other Words
Magpie Tales
ABC Wednesday - F for Fantastico, Far, Family, Flair, Fabulous, Flattering, Fest, Feeling, Family, Freedom, Friends, Four, Flavors, Flattering, 

Exploring Bollywood Stereotypes And Impact

In Bollywood movies, appearances of the actresses is important. 

Hindi films show that heroines are judged based on their looks. 

However, the impact is evident in the climax later on as often there is a happy ending!

In the quest to impress prospective in-laws, movies have shown women enthusiastically participating.

In the movie, HOLIDAY, in the first meeting to consider the marriage of the boy & girl (enacted by Akshay Kumar & Sonakshi Sinha), the girl is shown wearing traditional clothes (Salwar kameez) and she had worn a wig to show that she had long hair so as to impress the boy and his family. 

Still, the boy rejects the girl citing the following reasons:

1. Girl has one-and-a-half metres long hair & she'll take 6 hours to comb them. In the future, if they have to go out, there will be time-wastage (as she’ll take time to comb her hair!)

2. Girl appears “shy & scared”.

3. Girl appears as though “she has arrived from a village”. The boy wants a girl who's smart and stylish.

The above matches the stereotypes:

Long hair – Homely but not ambitious

Saree or Salwar kameez – Aunty or Behenji  (sister)

It doesn’t mean that if a woman has long hair, she is homely and if she is dressed in Salwar-suits or Sarees, she is a “Behenji” (sister) or “Aunty”, who is traditional and backward and looks like a village woman!

Later in the movie, the boy learns that the girl's personality is totally different from what was portrayed when she was paraded during the match-making-visit in front of him & his family. 

Impact- When the boy sees the girl's true self, with short-hair and smart personality, he falls in love with her as he is looking for that.