When Shahnaz Husain, renowned beauty entrepreneur, built an empire, she had to do a lot to ensure that her relationship and work stayed harmonious. Shahnaz was not educated enough to get a job, and with great struggle set up her first beauty parlour in her own house.

Recently a man asked me, “Nisha, please tell me what turns women on? They are so difficult to figure out!” Yes I agree, and it might take me a book to answer that question.

Some time back I discovered David Dhawan’s movies — what a joyful ride it was! I watched potboilers filled with abundant good cheer, irreverence and side splitting humour, where zany heroes and delectable heroines meandered their way through the most improbable situations.

It is like a well-guarded open secret. Everyone shies from it, yet we all know it exists! Men dread it and women sometimes pretend that they are among the chosen few that hormones don’t affect.

A mother-daughter relationship is one of those intriguing equations one always wonders about. It was when I walked the ramp for Neeta Lulla’s Marriot show, that I saw a lovely mother-daughter bond unfold — via Nishika and Neeta Lulla’s endearing bonhomie.

Sure, the Internet has made dating and mating an easier game. And it has its definite perks — it is adventurous, sexy, it has its thrills, and it provides multiple opportunities to experiment outside of the traditional ‘been there done that’ options that you may have begun to find jaded and mundane.

Yes, I know that clingy feeling only too well. You’re in love, and every minute is either a thought or a feeling about the loved one, and it occupies every minute of your being alive. You are in love!