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L’Oréal Paris Celebrates Women’s Empowerment

For the sixth time since 2017, Le Deìfileì “Walk Your Worth” celebrates sisterhood, as well as the synergy between state-of-the-art beauty expertise and fashion…reports Asian Lite News

L’Oréal Paris the official partner of Paris Fashion Week celebrates women’s empowerment, inclusion, and sisterhood on the esplanade of the Eiffel Tower, and welcomes the brand’s family of spokespeople to unites and make a feminine and feminist statement on Day 7 at Paris Fashion Week.

Under one of the world’s most iconic landmarks, the show reaffirms its tradition by bringing L’Oréal Paris’ unique vision to the most famous sites in Paris.

For the sixth time since 2017, Le Deìfileì “Walk Your Worth” celebrates sisterhood, as well as the synergy between state-of-the-art beauty expertise and fashion.

The brand’s diverse and inclusive line-up of international spokespeople who walked in the show included Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Marie Bochet, Cindy Bruna, Camila Cabello, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Viola Davis, Elle Fanning, Luma Grothe, Kendall Jenner, Liya Kebede, Katherine Langford, Eva Longoria, Andie MacDowell, Helen Mirren, Aja Naomi King, Soo Joo Park, and Yseult.

Alongside these international ambassadors, L’Oreal Paris’s cause ambassador, Navya Nanda was also seen walking the ramp marking her debut in the Paris Fashion Week. Earlier this year, the young philanthropist joined hands with L’Oreal Paris to support them for their cause initiative – Stand Up Against Street Harassment.

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‘Telusa Telusa’ about women’s empowerment

Lakshmi Manchu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu make a pitch for women's empowerment with release of 'Telusa Telusa' track from 'Agninakshatram' movie

Brinda Master has choreographed ‘Telusa Telusa’ featuring Lakshmi, her daughter and many talented dancers…reports Asian Lite News

On International Women’s Day, Tollywood actress Lakshmi Manchu teamed up with her long-standing comrade Samantha Prabhu to release a high-octane number — ‘Telusa Telusa’ — from her upcoming film ‘Agninakshatram’.

The song about women’s empowerment features Lakshmi and her daughter Nirvana. ‘Telusa Telusa’ will be attached with the rolling credits of the film.

Lakshmi said, “My daughter features in the song. She has done a few cameos here and there with my brother Manoj, but this is her first with me.”

Speaking more about her daughter, she said: “She is not shy in front of the camera. What is more empowering than making a song on women’s empowerment with your own girl alongside you. When she grows up and sees this, she would know that I meant this. The beauty of this song is that we only speak of women’s empowerment and not a single word to put men down.”

Brinda Master has choreographed ‘Telusa Telusa’ featuring Lakshmi, her daughter and many talented dancers.

Achu Rajamani has composed the music for this song while vocals are by noted singers Sunitha Sarathy, Sireesha and Aditi Bhavaraju, and the lyrics are by Kasarla Shyam. Vamsee Krishna Malla has directed the film. Lakshmi has rapped for this song adding a lot of gusto to the track.

Speaking about her association with Samantha, Lakshmi said, “Samantha is the epitome of individuality. We as women in this industry got to do it on our own. I know Sam and her struggles and how she held herself together, anyone else in her place would have crumbled.

“Even in her lows, Samantha has built herself up. She truly inspires me and the whole of the country and beyond. And what is more empowering to have a really empowered woman to release the song on women’s day.”

Commenting on ‘Telusa Telusa’, Samantha said, “I want to congratulate Lakshmi for coming up with this powerful song. ‘Telusa Telusa’ will stay with us for days together, as it is very inspiring. The visuals are also fabulous and distinct.

“I am glad to present this meaningful song and hope that we are able to reach out to as many women as possible. A thundering applause to the entire team for giving us such a memorable number.”

Speaking about the song, Lakshmi said, “The visuals are all thanks to the one and only Brinda Master. I could not have imagined doing this song without her in the picture. What has come through is unbelievable. The cars that you see towards the end are together worth Rs 60 crore. I’m not kidding, and that is not even scratching the surface.”

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More women to be empowered with education: Priya Paul

Paul is also on the board of directors of DLF Limited, but she was candid enough to point out that women have not yet broken the glass ceiling in corporate India…reports Asian Lite News.

Which is the space that society set for women, is very relevant question even in this 21st century as we are celebrating 75 years of ‘freedom’. For the leading hotelier and Padma Shri awardee, Priya Paul, the education and empowerment of women are the biggest tasks ahead for India as it looks beyond its 75 years.

“More and more women have to be educated and empowered to earn their own livelihood,” said the chairperson of the Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels.

“The work that they are doing today is invisible. They need to be brought into the organised workforce beyond the big cities. For that to happen, we must first liberate our minds and start seeing women as equal participants in the economic development of the country.”

This can only happen if society changes the way it views women at work. “A man must not think that if his wife goes to work, his image as the bread-winner or the well-being of the family will suffer. We are very good at multi-tasking. We are good at our workplaces and at managing our homes as well,” Paul said.

Women, Paul pointed out, bring with them a sense of empathy and caring to their workplaces.

“We have seen it in the hospitality and tourism sectors,” Paul said. She was quick to add, though, that the proportion of women working in the two sectors is “between 20 and 40 per cent”, that too mainly in the “urban hotels”.

More importantly, women are in a minority in decision-making positions in the industry. “We find them mostly in sales and marketing and they have just started becoming chefs in bigger numbers, but we don’t find many women general managers of hotels or in key positions in hospitality companies,” Paul said, adding that the country can grow faster, and better, if women get their rightful place in the workforce.

Paul is the founder director of the South Asian Women’s Foundation-India, and the former chairperson of the World Travel and Tourism Council-India Initiative (WTTC-I) and the former president of the Hotel Association of India (HAI), she continues to serve on the executive councils of both organisations.

Paul is also on the board of directors of DLF Limited, but she was candid enough to point out that women have not yet broken the glass ceiling in corporate India.

“Professional women are still almost invisible in boardrooms or corner offices of major companies. This has got to change. India cannot grow if its women don’t,” Paul said.

“Our corporate culture has got to become more inclusive. We need to have more women at the top. That will make a real difference to corporate life in the country.”

But change has got to first start in the minds of the people. That, according to Paul, will be the biggest challenge as India looks beyond its 75th Independence Day.

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