Passage to India Article

My name made it in print again. This time in the American Airlines in flight magazine, American Way. Check it out! It's a very good article on the life of American expats in Bangalore! :) Passage to India

Royal House of Mysore Fashion Show

Palace Bangalore

Last Thursday I attended the Royal House of Mysore Fashion Show at the Palace Bangalore hosted by the Maharaja & Queen of Mysore. There were approximately 800 guests. I was invited through the Overseas Women’s Club. I knew that $20 membership would eventual pay off!!!! It sure was fun hanging out with Bangalore’s cream of the crop. It was a very good mix of foreigners and Bangaloreans. It was pure eye candy; my friend and I enjoyed people watching! I got to wear my sari again!! But it was the same sari that I had worn at another event. I need to expand my collection. A girl can’t wear the same sari twice!!!

Between each collection they had fusion dance and traditional South Indian dance called Bharatanatyam. I enjoyed watching the dance troupe.
My favorite collection was the Royal Mysore collection of sarees, which were extremely beautiful and looked like they cost a fortune.

King Datta Wadiyar and models
The King reminded me of Don King, he had very wild chia pet like hair. Of course he was a typical King, where he didn’t really show any true interest in his guests. He was very aloof but posed in pictures with many of his guests. I even got a picture with him. But as you can see he wasn’t even paying attention to the camera. After the fashion show there was an Indian buffet dinner, which was yummy. It was a great evening.

A little bit of Mysore history: Mysore city was the capital of the old royal Mysore province and was ruled by the Wadiyar Dynasty from 1399AD to 1948AD. During the 1700s Mysore was captured briefly by Tipu Sultan but the kingdowm was returned to the Wadiyars in 1799 by the British. Today Mysore is famous for its silks, sandalwood, the Mysore Royal Palace, Chamundi Hill.