My brother had come home for a short vacation. I had been looking forward to it for some time and was excited to have him back. It was time for fun again compared to the dull and boring days I had been having. This time he had brought along a gift. He handed over a small package.. gave a bright smile and while I was busy peeling away the cover, he said.. “Welcome to the apple family”. There... in that li’l package, it was an ipod… a pink one.. a bright pink one.. a shocking(or whatever them girls call it) pink ipod!! I had wanted an ipod for long and was excited to have one in my hand.. but a pink one? As if understanding my confusions, he stood there smiling and explained what had happened in the store. He had actually chosen a black one as he knew
black was my, nope, our favourite colour. And then walks in the sale girl flashing the brightest smile and probably wearing a lot more bright lipstick! No, he didn’t tell me that, I just cooked up that part; a sales girl obviously would have a bright smile and even brighter lipstick. How else is she supposed to sell these costly stuff? She should have left him as he had already selected. But would she? No way! We women have to poke our nose into everything and so she asked him if it was for his girl friend and when he said nope, my sister, she readily hands him the pink one. She says, girls dig pink! So he bought the pink one. Seeing the look on my face, he tells me.. it is just to remind you that you too are a girl.. something which you keep forgetting! Now what was that all about!! Even though the kolaveri song was not released back then, I am sure thats what I sung in my mind that moment.
black was my, nope, our favourite colour. And then walks in the sale girl flashing the brightest smile and probably wearing a lot more bright lipstick! No, he didn’t tell me that, I just cooked up that part; a sales girl obviously would have a bright smile and even brighter lipstick. How else is she supposed to sell these costly stuff? She should have left him as he had already selected. But would she? No way! We women have to poke our nose into everything and so she asked him if it was for his girl friend and when he said nope, my sister, she readily hands him the pink one. She says, girls dig pink! So he bought the pink one. Seeing the look on my face, he tells me.. it is just to remind you that you too are a girl.. something which you keep forgetting! Now what was that all about!! Even though the kolaveri song was not released back then, I am sure thats what I sung in my mind that moment.Anyways, lets get back to the main issue here... girls dig pink? Seriously? Well, who am I kidding, girls do dig pink.. but why.. but the whys?
You rarely find a guy who thinks pink is manly. Ask any guy and with a smir kon his face, he would say pink is for girls. Though I do remember Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan wearing pink and were able to carry it without any damage to their masculinity; I wish I could say the same thing about Abhishek Bachchan driving that pink car wearing that floral shirt and a muffler (is that what you call that stuff he wraps around his neck?) in Dostana. His stubble was the only manly thing about him in that whole getup. I have a thing for stubble these days.. men kinda look sexy with it, don't you think? ..Well, I am just blabbering, ignore!
If you give it a serious thought, you actually find that pink dwells so deep in our lives and popular culture. I could put bullet points to point them out, but lets just do it the normal way. Remember those pinky promises li'l girls used to swear to keep secrets for each other; I don't remember making one though. I have heard it from my friends.. Oh wait.. it is the same thing you make with crossing your little finger with your friend's right? I hope that is pinky promise; though it has nothing to do with the pink colour as such, it stands for eternal friendship. Please feel free to tell me if I am wrong; which usually I am when it comes to girlie stuff. No hard feelings,eh!!
If you take music, there is a PinkPop festival in Netherlands which goes on for 3 days. According to Wikipedia, the name is half Dutch, half English, in two possible combinations. Originally, 'pink' comes from the Dutch word for Pentecost, 'Pinksteren' and 'pop' comes from pop music (or 'popular music'). But a later creative interpretation for the name, is a combination of the English word pink and the Dutch word 'pop', which means doll, which is the origin for the logo, a doll in a pink dress.
There again is a P!nk, the pop diva. Alecia Beth is better known by her stage name, Pink. Pink had dyed her hair pink in the beginning of her career(or was it later, I don't know. I have seen her with pink hair though). Though I haven't heard most of her songs Fuckin' Perfect is an absolute favourite of mine.
And for the rock fanatics, you have the Pink Floyd, the psychedelic rock band. Though they didn't dye their pink or wore pink suits to the concert, I believe they were one of the most successful and influential bands of all times; so successful that even Facebook borrowed "The Wall". Okay! Bad Joke! But Pink Floyd is something you can enjoy with some marijuana; if that is legal where you stay. Now don't blame me if you are caught smoking a pot listening to Pink Floyd.
There again is a P!nk, the pop diva. Alecia Beth is better known by her stage name, Pink. Pink had dyed her hair pink in the beginning of her career(or was it later, I don't know. I have seen her with pink hair though). Though I haven't heard most of her songs Fuckin' Perfect is an absolute favourite of mine.
And for the rock fanatics, you have the Pink Floyd, the psychedelic rock band. Though they didn't dye their pink or wore pink suits to the concert, I believe they were one of the most successful and influential bands of all times; so successful that even Facebook borrowed "The Wall". Okay! Bad Joke! But Pink Floyd is something you can enjoy with some marijuana; if that is legal where you stay. Now don't blame me if you are caught smoking a pot listening to Pink Floyd.
When you talk about pink, how can you miss the ever famous for her PR, Mrs Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her pink panther movies. I don't know what part she plays in the movie but her PR guy did make sure that the Indians feel that she was only one who was offered a Hollywood movie ever. Then there is the pink panther, the comic. I have nothing to tell you about it, other than the fact that I have no clue what that is.
Then you have those paint companies which give atrocious names to their paint. I recently saw their shade cards and there were at least 20-30 different shades of pink alone. From baby blanket to ashes of rose...first blush to soft serenade.. I mean who names paints this way! Height of perverted creativity. I do not blame the paint companies alone, its the same with the cosmetics companies also. Looking at the eyeshadow range, lipstick or anything other colourful stuff they offer, turns me insane. So now you know why I stay away from makeup. I had wanted to paint my room couple of days back and when it came to deciding the colour from the colour shade they provide you at the store, I got so confused that I decided to drop the whole painting idea.
Then there is a pink attached to a noble cause... the pink ribbon. The noble pink ribbon stands for the breast cancer. Though there are couple of other ribbons, I guess this one is more famous. May be because of all the breast cancer awareness going on in Facebook with all women putting up the colour of their undies and where they like to do it so as to make men more curious about breast cancer and bring awareness to men. As far as I know men, they are sure interested in breast cancer, it is just that , they bother only about the first part of it. While we are at it, lets not forget the whole range of lingerie of PINK by Victoria Secret and other designers. Shades of pink & red are never out of style when it comes to lingerie.
Now that we are talking about illness, may be we could talk about health too. Remember those times when you wrote those snail mails.. A typical starting would be something like this "May this letter find you in the pink of health". Gone is the era of snail mails and the usage of "in the pink".
As sweet and mellow pink might seem, sometimes it could get you scared too. It did scare quite a lot of people when recession hit in recent times. You do know what I am talking about, right? Yeah! The pink slips!! Once you get them, you are fired and life is screwed.
From childhood girls are dressed in pink and guys in blue. Seems like girls are almost forced to like pink from infancy. But is that the case in real? No says the scientists. It is innate in women to choose pink over blue shades. Who would have thought that scientists really didn't have anything better to do. According to a Time article, women are hard-wired that way or so says a study conducted on 206 participants. Weird, isn't it?
Every colour denotes something like red for passion or danger, black for mourning or elegance, white for peace. In the same way, pink stands for delicateness and sereneness. It could imply playfulness, femininity and regardless the gender it is associated with, people believe pink promotes love. Doesn't matter what anybody says, girls, we know pink is here to stay!!
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