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Mar 12, 2022 · The sustainability crusader. From honing her own environmental consciousness to learning to care about the planet, Dia is passionate about life itself, something which has over the years...
Oct 4, 2021 · Not only on a professional and global front, but Dia Mirza has stolen headlines on several occasions for her unabated passion for sustainable living in modern times. Her eco-friendly wedding to Vaibhav Rekhi earlier this year was a no-waste affair.
Mar 2, 2024 · BBC 100 Women interviews Bollywood star and committed environmental campaigner Dia Mirza. Born and raised in southern India, Mirza embraced climate activism even as her acting career took off ...
Jun 26, 2020 · 18 pictures and videos that take you inside Dia Mirza's sustainable Mumbai home. A private oasis featuring warm wooden finishes and all things green, Dia Mirza's home in Pali Hill is a lesson in sustainable living. Last seen playing a strong supporting role in the social drama Thappad alongside Taapsee Pannu, actor, model, producer and ...
- ‘Pretty Privilege’ and How It Worked Against Her
- Finding Her Feet in A Foreign City
- Bollywood: No Longer by Men, of Men and For Men?
- Dia’S Brush with ‘Unfair’ Standards of Beauty
- From A Life Partner to A Baby, Welcoming Changes in The Lockdown
- Sustainable Living Defined Her Pandemic Life
- A Star Who’s Leading The Charge to Protect The Planet
- The Incomparable Joys of Motherhood
A well-known producer once told Dia that she was “too pretty” to be successful. Even the revered filmmaker, Anurag Kashyap, has had a similar opinion. Dia confesses, “I love Anurag Kashyap’s work. He is absolutely fantastic and I’ve been dying to work with him for the longest time. But he once told me I was too pretty to work in his films.” On Left...
Growing up, Dia never took her looks seriously. So, was claiming the Miss India Asia Pacific 2000 crown just a stroke of luck? She answers with a “yes” and adds that she had no ambitions to compete in a beauty contest. “It was a paradigm shift for me, from being in a protected environment to being introduced to the world in all its beauty and uglin...
During her initial days in the industry there was little knowledge of sexism and people didn’t understand what patriarchy was doing to the work environment. “I remember, at one point, my hairdresser and I were the only women on the sets,” Dia shares.
Despite being called “pretty”, Dia shares that an inauthentic idea of beauty could be forced upon you, just because it’s considered popular. For example, at the start, she was always asked to wear coloured contact lenses because “light-eyed beauty is so attractive”. Dia—whose most recent acting role was in the Netflix series Call My Agent: Bollywoo...
According to Dia, life would have been incomplete had she not experienced motherhood. “I don’t think it’s possible to experience a love like this for anything else in the world as you do for your child,” she shares.
“One thing that really defines my experience is that I have discovered the power of ‘less is more’ in its truest sense,” she says. Dress: Label Alamelu, Shoes: Mellisa Elaborating how, in the name of convenience, everything we use is damaging the environment, she offers to show what’s inside her bag. In contrast to a typical celebrity ‘What’s In Th...
A UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and United Nations Secretary-General’s Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals, Dia says that her stint with NGOs early in her career made her realise how rising environmental degradation and pollution were affecting human health…“That’s when I realised that I could use my voice and my platform to draw people...
“What motherhood has taught me is the invaluable power of love. I don’t think it’s possible to experience love like this for anything else in the world as you do for your child,” she muses, ending our conversation on a suitably emotional note. Read the complete story here: Dia Mirza: Perfectly Imperfect Lead Image: On Left: Dress: EKA, Shoes: Melli...
“Rock climbing, climbing trees, plucking fresh fruit off the trees, watching squirrels and birds, being enchanted by the whole nesting process. I had the luxury of the outdoors and there was a lot...
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As the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, UNEP Ambassador and United Nations Secretary-General Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals, Mirza has been hard at work fighting global warming,...
