Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Perhaps. Over the years, however, due to repeated conditioning, indoctrinating, and redefining the term to suit vested interests, beauty became outwardly defined, confined to an exhaustive list of norms, and came with a shelf life. Coupled with the ways of our lop-sided and male-favouring world, women have, more often than not, been at the receiving end of judgments, boxed into stringent stereotypes, and goaded into conforming to one kind of beauty. This has made us forget what beauty means in the first place. So, we decided to overturn the convention. Bazaar India speaks with six women—two actors, a dancer, an actor-turned-filmmaker, a cricketer, and a model—who offer new perceptions of beauty that do not have a yardstick or an expiry date, and…
