Surat's Power Puff Gals

                                                             Kimi Dangor                                         

                                                                  Durva Gandhi

                                                      

Malvika Mehta

                                                                     Puja Kedia  

 

Anxiously awaiting their Board exam results, an entire generation of Surtis is poised to put their best foot forward on the route that will lead them to what they want to be in the future. While the boys are set with their one track agenda of ‘We want to be millionaires’, the uppermost question on the minds of our girl students is ‘what field should I venture into?’

Last month, Surat’s super sports girl triathlete Pooja Chaurushi added another sparkler to her tiara by racing through adverse alien conditions and rough terrains, and winning a gold in the women’s sprint event at the South Asian Triathlon Championship .This takes her international medal tally to four, and this fantastic 21 year old is set to win a whole load more. What Pooja has achieved takes years of hard training, dedication and focus.

If you are amongst those who have through your school years not been particularly inclined towards either athletics or academics and are more confused than ever before of what the future holds for you, let me have the pleasure in pointing out a few Surti gals who have tread with their dainty feet roads that have been less travelled by localites and have achieved outstanding results while pursuing their hobbies.

Like the other very talented Puja we are lucky to have in Tapi town is professional photographer Puja Kedia.Young, spunky, and with a spectacular eye for the right click, it’s an absolute pleasure to watch the result of what her camera has focused upon. Puja has the knack of making everything look beautiful. It comes from the kind of person she is. She brings romance into her pictures whether its classical Kathak poses by an artist performing at the English cemetery where she literally makes the music of tablas and ghunghroos come alive or romantic wedding clicks which bring mushy tears to the eyes or funny captures of Surtis enjoying life around town that speak about the very essence of their spirit.

Then there is the charmer Kimi Dangor daughter of the brilliant late architect Bomi Dangor. Kimi shifted base to Mumbai in her twenties and made it on her own to become one of the most read writers on lifestyle and fashion. A die hard fashionista herself (she describes herself as a recovering shopoholic) Kimi has an ardent following in women who want to know whats trending in the fashion scene.She is the fashion police on what bag is in, which cut is out, whats a classic, who is the copy cat and is the ultimate guide on the ‘it’ look and more. Being self made, she has a perfect line of advice for beginners,"The best way to begin is start small."

Another Surti star is Durva Gandhi, voted Elle ‘woman to watch out for’ in 2009, she has moved on from being an art collector to a curator to a designer to a publisher and has released this month her book called, “Secrets of the Art Millionaires” where she spills the beans on the do’s and don’t’s of collecting art –the way the auction houses and people of the ‘inner circle’ of art do, to make money while investing in whats aesthetic. Durva was always a bright child, way beyond her age. She is spiritually inclined which brings calm to her otherwise vivacious personality.

Surat’s new kid on the block is the petite and sweet Malvika Mehta –voted Femina Style Diva Goa 2012, this pretty miss is pursuing the pleasure of being a make up artist now.Confident, stylish and a thorough optimist, she is set to conquer what she ventures out to achieve.That is the attitude that wins the world.

You can connect with all of the above achievers on the online social network, to be inspired, to know more and to make your hobby your career. Good luck.