Two millennial musicians on body issues, confidence and sisterhood
ByKarishma Kuenzang
Jan 16, 2021 08:21 PM IST
How NY-based Abilasha Sinha, 26, and Kamakshi Khanna, 27, from Delhi are using social media to spread the right idea
People around the world seem to have found solace in different things during the lockdown – workouts and cooking topping the list. Both healthy, but possibly, also triggering insecurities in those with body image issues. Which exist aplenty thanks to the beauty norms ingrained by family, friends and educational institutes. And so, friends and musicians Abhilasha Sinha, 26, New York-based, and Kamakshi Khanna, 27, Delhi-based, are using social media to address their body issue demons – body hair and love handles to be precise – while cheering each other on across continents, just like they have since they met in the music society of Lady Shri Ram College, eight years ago.
“I finally like my body and it’s taken so long to love it, with so many breakdowns” –Abhilasha Sinha
“I was the hairiest girl when I was in class 7 and all the boys called me ‘bear’” –Kamakshi Khanna