Tabu
On
The
Taboo
Of
Being
Single
"I
do
not
think
single
is
a
bad
word.
There
may
have
been
a
stigma
attached
to
being
single
in
the
past,
but
not
anymore.
Your
happiness
comes
from
many
things
unconnected
with
the
status
of
your
relationship.
On
your
own,
you
can
deal
with
your
aloneness,
but
with
a
wrong
partner,
what
could
follow
would
be
worse
than
any
kind
of
loneliness."
(Source:
HT
Brunch)
Bipasha
Basu
On
Bollywood's
Obsession
With
Fair
Skin
"To
me,
sexy
is
the
personality,
not
just
the
colour
of
your
skin...why
my
skin
colour
only
sets
me
apart
from
the
conventional
actresses
at
that
time.
But
that's
the
way
it
was.
I
didn't
really
see
much
of
difference
but
I
guess
people
did.
There
was
a
strong
mindset
of
beauty
and
how
an
actress
should
look
and
behave.I
was
DIFFERENT
as
it
was
pointed
out.
Didn't
really
stop
me
from
being
and
doing
all
that
I
loved.
Well
you
see
I
was
confident
and
proud
of
who
I
was
from
childhood.
My
skin
colour
didn't
define
me
...
even
though
I
love
it
and
wouldn't
want
it
to
be
any
different
ever."
(Source:
Bipasha
Basu's
Instagram
Page)
Vidya
Balan
On
The
Importance
Of
Self
Love
"In
interviews
I
get
asked
about
my
marriage
and
when
I
am
having
a
child,
time
and
again.
There
are
other
actors,
male
actors,
who
have
gotten
married.
Obviously
they
are
not
asked,
'when
are
you
impregnating
your
wife?'
They
are
not
even
asked,
'how
is
your
married
life
going?'
For
me
to
be
asked
that
all
the
time-
it
is
excessive.
Because
I
do
have
an
identity
outside
being
a
married
woman.
And
that
does
not
compromise
or
mitigate
what
I
feel
for
Siddharth
(husband
Siddharth
Roy
Kapur).
But
I
come
back
to
say-
I
am
the
most
important
person
in
my
life.
And
that
is
the
most
valuable
lesson
that
marriage
has
taught
me.
To
still
value
myself."
(Source:
Delhi
Times)
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
On
Gender
Pay
Gap
In
Bollywood
"All
I
hear
is
talk
but
no
action
and
that's
an
accumulative
effort
by
everyone
involved
including
those
talking.
These
discussions
can
go
on
and
on
and
they
are
important.
I
am
not
disrespecting
all
the
talk
that
goes
around
these
subjects
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
have
the
guts
to
make
those
choices.
Many
talk
about
it
but
then
when
time
comes,
they
take
a
safe,
comfortable
route
and
then
make
the
choice
that's
a
paradox
and
one
defeats
the
other
so,
let's
put
words
to
action."
(Source:
NDTV)
Array
"I've
always
worried
about
how
I
looked.
I've
worried
my
hips
are
too
wide,
my
thighs
too
wobbly,
my
waist
not
narrow
enough,
my
tummy
not
flat
enough,
my
boobs
not
big
enough,
my
butt
too
big,
my
arms
too
jiggly,
nose
not
straight
enough,
lips
not
full
enough.....I've
worried
that
I'm
not
tall
enough,
not
pretty
enough,
not
funny
enough,
not
smart
enough,
not
"perfect"
enough.
Not
realising
I
was
never
meant
to
be
perfect.
I
was
meant
to
be
beautifully
flawed.
Different.
Quirky.
Unique.
Every
scar,
every
bump,
every
"flaw"
just
made
me,
me.
My
own
kind
of
beautiful.
That's
why
I've
stopped.
Stopped
trying
to
conform
to
the
world's
ideals
of
what's
meant
to
be
beautiful.
I've
stopped
trying
so
hard
to
fit
in.
Why
should
I??
When
I
was
born
to
stand
out."
(Source:
Ileana
D'Cruz's
Instagram
page)