Happy Birthday Sushmita Sen: The Woman Who Is Candidly Charismatic & Effortlessly Elegant

Happy
Birthday
Sushmita
Sen!

Sushmita
Sen
has
a
boyish
charm
about
her
and
it’s
difficult
not
to
get
smitten
by
her
natural
swag.
She
is
tall,
bold,
confident,
and
cool.
In
a
conversation
with
Twinkle
Khanna
earlier
this
year
she
revealed
how
her
mom
used
to
cut
her
hair
short.
She
said
she
used
to
fit
the
Bengali
adage
that
translates
to
“A
matchstick
and
a
potato
head,” or
something
similar.

In
the
discussion,
Sushmita
seemed
to
be
in
such
a
form
that
almost
everything
she
said
could
be
quoted
in
a
book.
She
beautifully
articulated
the
case
of
identity
loss
when
the
topic
of
women
finding
their
calling
later
in
life,
came
up.
She
explained
the
feeling
in
a
way
that
could
make
sense
to
anyone
who
has
ever
felt
confused
about
their
identity.

“There
are
so
many
things
that
make
you
wake
up
and
say
–
I
thought
I
was
so
sure
of
where
I
was
going.
All
I
had
to
do
was
just
this.
–
But
somewhere
when
you
have
lost
yourself,
you
don’t
know
who
that
is,
how
the
hell
you
are
going
to
pull
off
all
these
things
that
are
supposedly
your
responsibility?”

Talking
of
strength
she
said,
“It
would
be
so
boring
to
be
this
strong
person
all
the
time
who
doesn’t
know
what
it
is
to
be
vulnerable
and
shattered
at
times.”

Sushmita
narrated
how
she
ended
up
contesting
in
a
beauty
pageant.
She
started
with
how
she
went
around
doing
summer
jobs
for
pocket
money
as
her
father
was
a
strict
budgeter.
She
said
whenever
she
wanted
an
outfit
in
the
middle
of
the
year,
her
father
would
ask
her
to
wait
for
Durga
Pooja.
She
said
that
when
random
people
spotted
her
in
the
streets,
some
used
to
come
and
tell
her
that
she
should
probably
try
modeling.

She
went
to
on
share
how
she
came
to
know
Ranjan
Bakshi
from
the
Times
of
India,
whom
she
met
at
a
nightclub.
Considering
the
time
and
location
they
were
in,
Sushmita
said
she
thought
he
was
drunk
when
this
gentleman
approached
her
and
said
that
Miss
India
people
are
confirming
their
list
now,
and
she
should
enter
it.
Later
he
gave
her
his
business
card
and
said
he
would
be
expecting
her
the
next
day.

She
said
she
spoke
to
her
mom,
and
then
went
to
apply
for
it.
She
smiled
and
mentioned
the
story
of
how
she
was
told
she
was
brave
for
not
withdrawing
because
Aishwarya
Rai
appeared
on
the
list,
and
Sushmita
too
took
back
the
form.
After
seeing
her
mom
disappointed
severely,
she
went
back
to
Times
of
India
and
applied.
Sushmita
Sen
said
that
was
the
single
most
important
moment
in
her
life.

We
are
glad
she
made
that
decision
as
we
might
not
have
gotten
a
chance
to
witness
her
talent
and
charm
at
such
a
scale.
We
wish
the
lady
the
best
of
opportunities
and
peace
and
health
and
everything
else
that
she
deserves.