Happiness Between Tails by da-AL
My Wedding Henna + The Henna Artist's Bighearted Alka Joshi on Saris
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#Authors #Writing #India #Pro-Choice #WomensRights #DressCodes
“The Henna Artist,” by Alka Joshi is as big-hearted as the novelist! Here Alka discusses how today’s professional women of India handle dress codes.
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Time Stamps (where segments begin):
- HBT introduction
- Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
- Alka Joshi discusses the wearing of saris in India
- My question for you and episode outro
- HBT outro
Links used for the HBT blog post of this episode:
- Original blog post for this episode.
- Alka Joshi's website and Youtube channel.
- About the books I'm writing.
- Chris Miller, the super-talented photographer and her Instagram.
Photos available at the HBT post for this show:
- Book cover of “The Henna Artist,” by Alka Joshi.
- Screenshot of Alka lauding “Big Magic,” by Elizabeth Gilbert.
- Photos of me, da-AL, with henna tattoos for my wedding.
- Screenshot of Alka from her youtube channel.
- Alka’s photos from Ansal University, just outside of New Delhi: Gurgaon's news bulletin board, students, architecture staff.
- Alka’s photo of an architect wearing a sari.