# The Kriti Sanon Rakhi ad row & what's up with Hermès

An episode of [3 Things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1406730235), 1 Sep 2026, 22 min.

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This week on Casually Obsessed, Niharika, Aishwarya, and Shruti dive into the great "bikini blouse" debate, why cultural policing always lands on women, and why a Hermès store in Berlin owes a comedian way more than a cheap bottle of champagne. Also, did you know How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is finally getting a sequel? Tune in.Stay tuned to Casually Obsessed for more such fun conversations. Hosted by Aishwarya Khosla, Shruti Kaushal, and Niharika Nanda Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

## Transcript

[0:02] Speaker 1: She is like one of the fashionistas of the Bollywood.
[0:06] Speaker 2: The internet does not forget. Cultural policing.
[0:11] Speaker 3: That is always directed towards women and never towards men.
[0:15] Speaker 2: People are wearing sarees with corset blouses.
[0:17] Speaker 1: This reminds me of Sex and the City.
[0:21] Speaker 2: Samantha wanted a.
[0:23] Speaker 1: Red Birkin bag.
[0:24] Speaker 3: Maze had even refused to show a bag to Oprah.
[0:28] Speaker 2: And she said it was one of the most humiliating
[0:30] Speaker 2: moments of her life.
[0:38] Speaker 4: Hi guys, you're listening to another episode of Casually Obsessed.
[0:43] Speaker 4: And this is your weekly pop culture podcast where we
[0:45] Speaker 4: talk about everything that is going on in.
[0:47] Speaker 2: The world of pop culture.
[0:48] Speaker 4: From TV shows to the internet, movies, web series, everything.
[0:53] Speaker 4: And something that has taken over the entire internet is
[0:57] Speaker 4: this debate around a Rakhi ad which was put out
[1:01] Speaker 4: by a certain jewellery brand. And even though the target
[1:04] Speaker 4: audience were mostly dog parents.
[1:07] Speaker 2: But.
[1:08] Speaker 4: It somehow became an ad which created a debate over
[1:12] Speaker 4: the entire internet.
[1:14] Speaker 3: So it was essentially an ad targeted towards the Rakhi season.
[1:19] Speaker 3: And Priti Sanan is the brand ambassador of Jeeva. And
[1:25] Speaker 3: I think the controversy was the best thing that could
[1:27] Speaker 3: have happened to the brand. Because I don't own a
[1:30] Speaker 3: television and I have premium subscription for almost everything. So
[1:34] Speaker 3: these days, you know, I'm thankfully very immune to all
[1:37] Speaker 3: sort of advertising. I don't even venture outside that much
[1:40] Speaker 3: to catch a glimpse at these different hoardings that they
[1:43] Speaker 3: put up.
[1:43] Speaker 2: But I know about Jeeva. Thanks to this great controversy.
[1:47] Speaker 3: You know, it was a typical ad where a sister
[1:49] Speaker 3: ties the Rakhi on the brother's wrist and all of that.
[1:52] Speaker 3: But it blew into a controversy when Kangana Ranaut, for
[1:55] Speaker 3: some bizarre reason, according to me, took offense to the
[1:59] Speaker 3: idea of what Kriti Sanen was wearing. She thought it
[2:02] Speaker 3: was not appropriate for Raksha Bandhan and that got all
[2:07] Speaker 3: the gatekeepers of our culture, I would say, in a tizzy.
[2:11] Speaker 5: And the fact that she tied a Rakhi to a
[2:14] Speaker 5: golden retriever, people took.
[2:16] Speaker 1: Offense for that also.
[2:18] Speaker 5: Like, how can you tie a Rakhi to a dog?
[2:21] Speaker 1: Why not? Why not?
[2:23] Speaker 3: So, Rakhi, you know, in our culture, we have Mali,
[2:26] Speaker 3: which is tied in a temple. And I think the
[2:29] Speaker 3: idea of Rakhi also sort of comes from there. So,
[2:32] Speaker 3: I mean, your dog does protect you and whatever. And
[2:35] Speaker 3: a lot of people call dogs and cats their children.
[2:38] Speaker 2: So, I mean.
[2:39] Speaker 5: sentimental value man if you feel deeply about a living
[2:44] Speaker 5: object be it a person or an animal you do
[2:48] Speaker 5: things for them right why would you leave out a
[2:51] Speaker 5: family member from a festival.
[2:54] Speaker 2: Yeah And also, I feel that it was not just
[2:56] Speaker 2: Kangana Ranaut.
[2:57] Speaker 4: Also, I feel when the ad actually came out, it
[2:59] Speaker 4: started doing rounds on Instagram and all these social media sites.
[3:03] Speaker 4: People in general, like the general public started having an
[3:06] Speaker 4: issue with what Kirti Sanen was wearing. And for our listeners,
[3:10] Speaker 4: she was not wearing anything very outrageous. It was the
[3:14] Speaker 4: kind of outfit that you can easily actually, you know,
[3:16] Speaker 4: get to see at one of our big fat Indian weddings.
[3:19] Speaker 4: It was basically like, the problem was contemporary crochet outfit
[3:27] Speaker 4: yeah the issue was that the blouse was according to
[3:31] Speaker 4: quote unquote certain people resembled a bikini which it did
[3:35] Speaker 4: not it just did not it was a basic simple
[3:37] Speaker 4: slightly deep cut blouse and i don't think that overall
[3:41] Speaker 4: it required the kind of outrage that it did end up.
[3:44] Speaker 5: Facing it's so funny because you know A person who
[3:48] Speaker 5: is as like, Kangana is a fashionable woman.
[3:52] Speaker 1: We know her now to at least, I only admire
[3:55] Speaker 1: her for her fashion sense. So yeah, she is like
[4:00] Speaker 1: one of the fashionistas of the Bollywood and she understands
[4:04] Speaker 1: about a certain outfit, what.
[4:06] Speaker 2: Is bikini and what is not a bikini.
[4:08] Speaker 5: And despite her understanding of this fashion, she.
[4:12] Speaker 1: Goes on to comment, I mean, call it a bikini.
[4:15] Speaker 1: Which is so sad.
[4:16] Speaker 5: Like, dude, you're not even being a proper OG fashionista
[4:20] Speaker 5: in that sense.
[4:21] Speaker 3: I think the internet was very quick to point out
[4:23] Speaker 3: that it was spot calling the kettle black because immediately
[4:27] Speaker 3: we saw that similar ads done by Kangana on the
[4:30] Speaker 3: occasion of Rakhi.
[4:31] Speaker 2: The internet does not forget.
[4:33] Speaker 3: And I mean, when you place Kriti and Kangana's ad,
[4:36] Speaker 3: I actually thought Kangana's was a bit more provocative to
[4:39] Speaker 3: tell you the truth.
[4:41] Speaker 2: He was still wearing an Indian outfit.
[4:43] Speaker 4: Yes. I mean, another jewellery brand that Kangana was advertising
[4:48] Speaker 4: in that particular poster that again went viral on Instagram
[4:52] Speaker 4: thanks to this entire controversy. It was a rather more, yes,
[4:56] Speaker 4: I agree with Aishwarya, provocative and.
[4:58] Speaker 2: Even a little more deep cut in comparison to what
[5:02] Speaker 2: Aishwarya was wearing. Exactly.
[5:06] Speaker 4: I mean, I don't understand this. And then it blew
[5:09] Speaker 4: out so much beyond proportion. And then ultimately Jeeva had
[5:13] Speaker 4: to issue an apology, had to remove the ad, but
[5:15] Speaker 4: by then the damage was done.
[5:17] Speaker 2: What do you guys think?
[5:18] Speaker 4: A lot of people are even calling out Jeeva for
[5:20] Speaker 4: having done this, even though Kriti took a stand for herself.
[5:24] Speaker 2: So what do you guys think about that? Yeah, that
[5:26] Speaker 2: was very spineless. She supported the brand.
[5:28] Speaker 3: I'm sure the crisis managers would have told her to
[5:30] Speaker 3: just say that, you know, I was asked to do
[5:32] Speaker 3: this by the brand and all of that. And that
[5:34] Speaker 3: would have been a whole different controversy. But both Kriti
[5:37] Speaker 3: and her sister said, and I really appreciate it because
[5:40] Speaker 3: this stood up for the right of a woman to
[5:42] Speaker 3: wear what she wants, to have autonomy over what she
[5:45] Speaker 3: wants and to be done with this sort of, you know,
[5:47] Speaker 3: cultural policing that is always directed towards women and never
[5:51] Speaker 3: towards men.
[5:52] Speaker 2: Absolutely.
[5:52] Speaker 3: But, you know, I feel that Kangana went after her.
[5:55] Speaker 3: Even we've been discussing, oh, you know, Kangana wore that then, right?
[5:59] Speaker 3: And even as we were discussing it, it's not like,
[6:01] Speaker 3: just in saying that it's the pot calling the kettle black,
[6:04] Speaker 3: you know, that was the point. But we should not,
[6:06] Speaker 3: you know, go after anybody for what they're wearing. So
[6:08] Speaker 3: it's pitting women against women. Even people who are coming
[6:12] Speaker 3: in defense of Priti is what I mean to say
[6:14] Speaker 3: by showing that, you know, Kangana was wearing this. Ultimately,
[6:17] Speaker 3: it's a very misogynistic discussion at the end of the day.
[6:20] Speaker 2: Even when you're supporting. It's so sad.
[6:24] Speaker 5: Because at the end of the day, everything becomes about
[6:27] Speaker 5: what a woman is wearing, which is extremely sad.
[6:31] Speaker 4: I also saw this very well-researched video, which was done
[6:35] Speaker 4: by this content creator, Ishtha Mangal.
[6:37] Speaker 2: She is a fashion content creator.
[6:38] Speaker 4: She talks about the Indian culture and how different forms
[6:43] Speaker 4: of clothing comes out of the Indian culture. And she
[6:45] Speaker 4: has very insightful and good videos about fashion.
[6:49] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[6:49] Speaker 4: And she so beautifully gave such a well-researched argument. She
[6:54] Speaker 4: said that her first argument was the fact that you
[6:57] Speaker 4: are sexualizing a woman who was sitting in front of
[6:59] Speaker 4: her brother. You are sexualizing a sister sitting in front
[7:02] Speaker 4: of a brother tying a rakhi. That relationship and its
[7:06] Speaker 4: sanctity is being questioned in this entire situation. And then
[7:10] Speaker 4: she goes on to show specimens from Indian culture where.
[7:15] Speaker 2: We never had a blouse. Earlier we did not have
[7:18] Speaker 2: a blouse. That deep cut was not a problem.
[7:22] Speaker 4: It became a problem with over time, over years, over
[7:26] Speaker 4: centuries unnecessarily. I think it was a very well done
[7:29] Speaker 4: video against the kind of debate that we are having.
[7:32] Speaker 1: Indian women never wore a blouse.
[7:35] Speaker 5: I think it was only during the colonial era that
[7:38] Speaker 5: it was introduced to our country. Otherwise, it's just draping
[7:42] Speaker 5: sarees in different patterns and forms.
[7:45] Speaker 3: There is a reason women in their own homes are
[7:48] Speaker 3: not allowed. In the hottest summer day, you are not
[7:51] Speaker 3: allowed to wear shorts or anything. Some women are just
[7:56] Speaker 3: clad from head to toe. And it comes from all
[7:59] Speaker 3: of these mindsets.
[8:01] Speaker 4: And the whole idea is that, you know, you are
[8:03] Speaker 4: going against our culture while wearing.
[8:07] Speaker 2: A certain type of clothing.
[8:09] Speaker 4: But you can literally see that those similar kind of
[8:12] Speaker 4: outfits in any given random Indian wedding.
[8:15] Speaker 2: And I don't think anyone in the world would ever
[8:18] Speaker 2: question it.
[8:19] Speaker 4: If it was, you know, some random person, general public
[8:22] Speaker 4: wearing it in a random Indian wedding. But just because
[8:25] Speaker 4: it's a, you know, cultural question when it comes to
[8:28] Speaker 4: an Indian.
[8:29] Speaker 2: Festival, then.
[8:30] Speaker 4: that it's going against our clothing culture.
[8:34] Speaker 2: Why? It is disrespecting our culture.
[8:36] Speaker 1: How?
[8:36] Speaker 2: Doesn't make any sense to me. The culture is not
[8:39] Speaker 2: the clothes.
[8:40] Speaker 4: The culture is the fact that, you know, you are
[8:42] Speaker 4: supposed to tie a Rakhi to your brother so that
[8:45] Speaker 4: the brother looks after you and takes care of you.
[8:47] Speaker 4: That's the basic idea behind Rakhi. So I would say
[8:50] Speaker 4: that these people who are actually looking at Kriti's outfit
[8:53] Speaker 4: while they are watching a Rakhi ad are the people
[8:56] Speaker 4: who are going against our culture.
[8:57] Speaker 2: Because you are sexualizing a sister by that logic.
[9:00] Speaker 5: Yeah, more than Kangana, I am mad at the brand. Honestly,
[9:05] Speaker 5: I'm not even kidding. Why can't you stand for yourself?
[9:09] Speaker 5: Why can't you stand for your brand ambassador who is talking,
[9:12] Speaker 5: if you are not, she's talking for the women of India.
[9:16] Speaker 5: So honestly, I am so tired with all this discussion
[9:19] Speaker 5: that is happening on the internet and which happens in
[9:23] Speaker 5: real life.
[9:24] Speaker 1: With people around.
[9:25] Speaker 5: Us on the same show, like it's 2026 and women,
[9:29] Speaker 5: they don't even have right to wear what they want.
[9:33] Speaker 1: Be it any festival, weddings whatsoever.
[9:35] Speaker 5: I remember there was a wedding in my family and
[9:38] Speaker 5: I was wearing a, it was this very cape kind
[9:41] Speaker 5: of a situation happening with this long skirt.
[9:45] Speaker 1: All my neighbor was visible.
[9:46] Speaker 5: And there's this relative who came to my mom.
[9:50] Speaker 1: And I thank God my mom was like, she snapped
[9:53] Speaker 1: at her like, it's okay.
[9:55] Speaker 2: So I really appreciate my.
[10:00] Speaker 6: Mother because seriously if someone comes to me questioning the
[10:04] Speaker 6: choice of outfit my choice of outfit seriously I'll just
[10:09] Speaker 6: lose my shit I cannot handle it anymore But.
[10:13] Speaker 3: Do you think that there's a certain reason that a
[10:16] Speaker 3: lot of people actually identified with what Kangana was trying
[10:20] Speaker 3: to say in that? Do you think that if it
[10:22] Speaker 3: is an Indian festival, our clothing should? I mean, it
[10:26] Speaker 3: seems that some people think that, you know, the younger
[10:29] Speaker 3: generation prefers Western clothing more than, you know, there's a
[10:32] Speaker 3: homogenization in that sense.
[10:34] Speaker 2: And Indian clothing is sort of getting the short shrift.
[10:36] Speaker 3: So do you think that if it is an ad
[10:39] Speaker 3: about our culture, is what Kangana said, that perhaps it
[10:42] Speaker 3: should be an opportunity to demonstrate, you know, we have
[10:45] Speaker 3: a lot of interesting beads and styles, etc. It was
[10:48] Speaker 3: a hybrid modern outfit, right? It was inspired by Western culture.
[10:52] Speaker 5: You know, this young generation, social media generation, the Gen Z,
[10:56] Speaker 5: I think they are embracing our handloom, handcraft and our weavers.
[11:02] Speaker 2: More than we did during our time.
[11:05] Speaker 5: They are wearing sarees, they are wearing earth prints, hand-blocked sarees, kurtas.
[11:11] Speaker 1: I see even men wearing kurtas to office, which is
[11:14] Speaker 1: so cool.
[11:15] Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen that in our office at least.
[11:17] Speaker 5: They're more aware of what is happening and thanks to
[11:21] Speaker 5: social media and these creators who are creating awareness about,
[11:24] Speaker 5: you know, our Indian handloom prints and our handicraft.
[11:28] Speaker 1: And I don't know what Kangana was thinking, but I
[11:32] Speaker 1: have to stop taking her seriously.
[11:34] Speaker 3: So, tata bye bye to her.
[11:37] Speaker 2: And I think.
[11:38] Speaker 4: Everything has to be shoved into your face to make
[11:42] Speaker 4: you realize that, oh my God, this is my Indian culture.
[11:45] Speaker 4: That's not how things work. It's an ad about a GDP.
[11:49] Speaker 4: The focus should be that. And I don't think whatever
[11:52] Speaker 4: the person is wearing, as long as it makes sense
[11:54] Speaker 4: to the entire context.
[11:56] Speaker 2: I think it really doesn't matter.
[11:57] Speaker 3: Culture is something that is ever evolving. So I don't
[12:01] Speaker 3: think it is something that can be policed.
[12:03] Speaker 4: I mean, even till today we wear sarees, but with
[12:06] Speaker 4: a twist. People are wearing sarees with corset blouses. People
[12:09] Speaker 4: are wearing sarees with tank top kind of blouses. The
[12:12] Speaker 4: whole point is that we're continuing the culture, but with
[12:15] Speaker 4: a generational twist.
[12:16] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[12:17] Speaker 4: That every generation brings to the whole outfit. But we
[12:19] Speaker 4: are still continuing wearing that same saree.
[12:21] Speaker 5: It's like a way of expressing yourself.
[12:24] Speaker 1: How you feel about yourself.
[12:26] Speaker 5: You know, there are women who like to, you know,
[12:28] Speaker 5: wear all those mom's 90s blouses, which were so cute,
[12:33] Speaker 5: sleeves and all. And even me, I would prefer a
[12:36] Speaker 5: corset because I feel confident in that.
[12:39] Speaker 2: So it's also.
[12:40] Speaker 1: The way you express yourself.
[12:41] Speaker 5: And I think Kangana knows it better than us, but still,
[12:44] Speaker 5: you know, we know why she says things.
[12:48] Speaker 4: And even about something that you said that even when
[12:51] Speaker 4: all the people are talking about Kangana and questioning her
[12:54] Speaker 4: outfit choices and how the whole idea sort of feeds
[12:57] Speaker 4: into the misogynistic concept. But I also feel that something
[13:02] Speaker 4: that why these things need to be pointed out is
[13:04] Speaker 4: to show the kind of hypocrisy that comes out of
[13:07] Speaker 4: a person like Kangana who continues to wear whatever she
[13:11] Speaker 4: wants without question, but then goes on to question other
[13:14] Speaker 4: women who are wearing similar things. So I feel that
[13:17] Speaker 4: hypocrisy needs to be pointed out, but yeah, maybe by
[13:20] Speaker 4: not essentially pointing out what she wears every now and then.
[13:23] Speaker 3: You know, sometimes you get so angry and you're like,
[13:25] Speaker 3: oh yeah, you also did it, like for you to.
[13:27] Speaker 2: Say this and all of that.
[13:29] Speaker 3: But then you ultimately, you know, she's being slut shamed
[13:32] Speaker 3: as well. So we just get into this vicious circle
[13:35] Speaker 3: of putting women against women and I think Kangana is
[13:38] Speaker 3: to blame for that because she puts us in such
[13:40] Speaker 3: a horrid situation where, you know, it is. And that's why,
[13:44] Speaker 3: I mean, I wanted to write about it so much,
[13:46] Speaker 3: but I didn't know how to do it without. Because
[13:49] Speaker 3: anybody who's disparaging her is also sort of, you know,
[13:51] Speaker 3: then ultimately disparaging women at large for doing what Kangana did.
[13:55] Speaker 3: Talking about Kangana, I think a great segue would be
[13:58] Speaker 3: to talk about her Birkin bags. Yes.
[14:02] Speaker 4: I mean, where does your sensitivity and objectivity and everything
[14:07] Speaker 4: go when you buy, when you go and book an
[14:10] Speaker 4: appointment for a Birkin bag, which goes on to, you know,
[14:14] Speaker 4: God knows, lakhs and crores, or I don't even know
[14:17] Speaker 4: how much a Birkin bag costs. And where does all
[14:21] Speaker 4: that go? Where does your objectivity go? The leather is,
[14:24] Speaker 4: they use cow and calf leathers.
[14:29] Speaker 2: Exactly, that's why. Yeah, not all Birkin bags. Some are
[14:33] Speaker 2: made from, I mean, different things, but yeah.
[14:37] Speaker 4: Yeah, and talking about Birkins, I feel that we need
[14:40] Speaker 4: to talk about this, another controversy that happened recently, a
[14:44] Speaker 4: store by Hermès.
[14:46] Speaker 3: At Berlin, where our friendly comedian, Aunty Zarna. So she
[14:51] Speaker 3: is one for luxurious items. And she went to this
[14:55] Speaker 3: Hermes store in Berlin with her team. And you know,
[14:58] Speaker 3: you can't just walk into an Hermes like it is
[15:01] Speaker 3: your local Kirana. You have to take an appointment and
[15:04] Speaker 3: getting an appointment is also not easy. She went into
[15:07] Speaker 3: this bathroom where the door was not working. The Hermes
[15:10] Speaker 3: staff said that they told her daughter, Zoya, that, you know,
[15:13] Speaker 3: the latch was not working. working correctly. But she got
[15:17] Speaker 3: locked in. And after that, they were very insensitive in
[15:20] Speaker 3: how they tackled it. There was a lot of shaming.
[15:23] Speaker 3: They wanted to protect the door more than they wanted
[15:25] Speaker 3: to protect Zarna. And they were very brusque in their
[15:29] Speaker 3: dealing with her. And she's made a lot of videos
[15:31] Speaker 3: on it. After that, the fire brigade had to be called.
[15:34] Speaker 3: And instead of removing the door, they took many hours
[15:38] Speaker 3: to open it and then they did not even offer
[15:41] Speaker 3: her you know to sit down and order her like
[15:44] Speaker 3: the staff really misbehaved and then they tried to give
[15:46] Speaker 3: her a cheap bottle of champagne which got her a
[15:49] Speaker 3: bit of flack because people are saying that maybe she
[15:51] Speaker 3: expected a Kelly at least for her troubles.
[15:53] Speaker 2: But you know if she spent so much money maybe she.
[15:55] Speaker 3: Did deserve a Kelly or maybe at least one of
[15:58] Speaker 3: those Hermes shawls or stoles or you know maybe one
[16:01] Speaker 3: of the nice trays lovely bigger trays or something I
[16:04] Speaker 3: mean they could have given something better than a cheap
[16:06] Speaker 3: champagne and it was given in a like it was
[16:08] Speaker 3: recorded on video it was given in a very insulting
[16:10] Speaker 3: manner even I would have said no even if it
[16:12] Speaker 3: were a Birkin I personally feel but that just shows
[16:16] Speaker 3: that maybe it was racism.
[16:18] Speaker 4: It could be racism or it could also be, you know,
[16:20] Speaker 4: something like there's this idea. I think I read in
[16:23] Speaker 4: a social media post after this particular thing happened about
[16:25] Speaker 4: this only. And there was this analysis where there are
[16:28] Speaker 4: certain brands, which even though the entire concept of brands
[16:32] Speaker 4: and customers says that the customer is the king, you
[16:35] Speaker 4: are supposed to treat people.
[16:36] Speaker 2: Every customer, you know, a certain way.
[16:38] Speaker 4: But then there are certain brands, like there are a
[16:41] Speaker 4: lot of stories that Sephora and, you know, all these
[16:43] Speaker 4: high-end makeup brands, many high-end brands for luxury bags, they
[16:47] Speaker 4: do not treat their customers, you know, as people who
[16:50] Speaker 4: can actually afford their brand.
[16:53] Speaker 2: They treat them in a certain way. They look down
[16:55] Speaker 2: upon them.
[16:56] Speaker 4: And it's like, Culture and the luxury brand ecosystem.
[17:00] Speaker 3: And what amazes is that most people buy their Birkins
[17:03] Speaker 3: from the second-hand market because you can't afford to go
[17:06] Speaker 3: to the main store and there's a whole economy, the
[17:09] Speaker 3: second-hand economy. And sometimes those Birkins cost more than the
[17:12] Speaker 3: original Birkin because they are so rare.
[17:14] Speaker 1: So this reminds me of Sex and the City.
[17:18] Speaker 5: Samantha wanted a red Birkin bag.
[17:21] Speaker 1: Remember how she got it?
[17:23] Speaker 2: And they lost it as well.
[17:25] Speaker 3: Yes.
[17:25] Speaker 2: Exactly. I don't understand this.
[17:28] Speaker 4: It is those customers who are firstly such brands have
[17:32] Speaker 4: in comparison to like any other brand, I'd say a
[17:35] Speaker 4: handful of customers. If you know the entire registration process
[17:39] Speaker 4: to get a work in or an Hermes is so complicated.
[17:42] Speaker 4: So there is a certain amount of effort that goes
[17:45] Speaker 4: into it. You can at least respect the person who's
[17:47] Speaker 4: making that effort.
[17:47] Speaker 2: To get your product. That is the point.
[17:49] Speaker 3: There is such a huge line of people who would
[17:51] Speaker 3: like to boast that they got an appointment at Hermes.
[17:56] Speaker 2: Even look at a Kelly to option one of the
[17:59] Speaker 2: Birkin bags.
[18:00] Speaker 3: You can go into an Hermes store and you can buy,
[18:02] Speaker 3: you know, I mean, they have a range of products,
[18:05] Speaker 3: table mats, bedcloths, stuff, stuff, stuff. That you guys can buy,
[18:09] Speaker 3: but you can't buy the Birkins and the Kellys that easily.
[18:13] Speaker 3: There's a line out there, women who would like to
[18:15] Speaker 3: boast and say, oh, you know, I have an appointment
[18:17] Speaker 3: and they did not have this Kelly or that Kelly
[18:20] Speaker 3: and this particular thing that I wanted. And I had
[18:22] Speaker 3: to take this one because that was the thing available. So,
[18:25] Speaker 3: I mean, Hermes is, I mean, I've been mesmerized with
[18:28] Speaker 3: the marketing of this brand, but I guess, you know,
[18:30] Speaker 3: that goes to your head.
[18:31] Speaker 2: You don't care to, I mean, even if you lose
[18:33] Speaker 2: a customer, big deal.
[18:35] Speaker 4: I think for them, it's like a line. If this goes,
[18:37] Speaker 4: the other will go.
[18:39] Speaker 2: I think she's not right. She's famous.
[18:42] Speaker 3: Her fame would have, but you know, I think even
[18:44] Speaker 3: Oprah had a bad experience and a lot of other
[18:48] Speaker 3: A-list celebrities have had a bad experience at Hermes.
[18:51] Speaker 4: So, apparently, brands like these, they think that they are
[18:54] Speaker 4: about everyone for that matter then.
[18:56] Speaker 3: Hermes had even refused to show her bag to Oprah
[19:00] Speaker 3: and she said it was one of the most humiliating
[19:02] Speaker 3: moments of her life.
[19:03] Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know what I'm trying to prove. Bro, Hermes,
[19:07] Speaker 2: what are you trying to prove?
[19:09] Speaker 1: I don't care.
[19:10] Speaker 5: I'm never, even if I become ultra rich, never going
[19:13] Speaker 5: to an Hermes store.
[19:14] Speaker 2: I'll go to Janpadol. Best. I mean, yeah.
[19:22] Speaker 3: Which also tells us that, I mean, we should not
[19:25] Speaker 3: be supporting such racist brands also.
[19:28] Speaker 2: I would personally.
[19:29] Speaker 3: And I don't think these brands are sustainable also.
[19:32] Speaker 2: No, they stay for a long time. I mean, they are...
[19:35] Speaker 2: The more scuffed a bag is, the higher its value, apparently.
[19:39] Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, if we just see this only... Shruti
[19:41] Speaker 4: mentioned Sex and the City. Sex and the City came.
[19:44] Speaker 2: When, like, late. 1990s, if I'm not wrong. So, and
[19:49] Speaker 2: we are sitting in 2019.
[19:50] Speaker 4: In 2026 and Birkin is still a Birkin can't say
[19:54] Speaker 4: yeah and.
[19:55] Speaker 1: Still I can't afford to buy it haha and.
[19:58] Speaker 4: Now coming to some more updates from the world of
[20:00] Speaker 4: pop culture so because we talked about the late 1990s
[20:04] Speaker 4: and also the early 2000s so there's this beloved movie
[20:08] Speaker 4: from the early 2000s called how to lose a guy Yes,
[20:12] Speaker 4: how to lose a.
[20:13] Speaker 2: Guy in 10 days. Not that you and I need coaching, Niharika.
[20:18] Speaker 2: You can't say the same about Shruti.
[20:24] Speaker 4: But yes, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
[20:26] Speaker 4: starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey is making a comeback
[20:31] Speaker 4: after 23 years with a sequel, which will in fact
[20:34] Speaker 4: be produced by Kate Hudson herself.
[20:36] Speaker 2: How exciting is that? This is so exciting.
[20:39] Speaker 1: Her iconic yellow slip dress. I can never forget it.
[20:44] Speaker 5: And remember the scene the karaoke when they're fighting they
[20:49] Speaker 5: find out you know that.
[20:50] Speaker 1: It was all planned and yeah.
[20:53] Speaker 2: Both of them find out that their ideas were both planned.
[20:56] Speaker 5: They were just social experiments to each other yeah.
[21:01] Speaker 4: I think a lot of us maybe, you know, became
[21:03] Speaker 4: journalists after seeing all those early 2000 movies because all
[21:08] Speaker 4: the movies at that time had.
[21:10] Speaker 2: Women being, you know, writers and journalists.
[21:13] Speaker 3: Perhaps we can do one of the next episodes on
[21:16] Speaker 3: how journalists are portrayed in movies. Was it Bazikar where
[21:20] Speaker 3: they're competing Shah Rukh Khan and was it Bazikar?
[21:23] Speaker 2: What movie was it? Shah Rukh Khan movie. Come on, Shruti.
[21:27] Speaker 3: Where they were competing journalists or rival channels.
[21:32] Speaker 4: I think India also caught the journalism.
[21:36] Speaker 2: Yes, the journalism.
[21:38] Speaker 4: Bollywood bollywood got the journalism bug then that's it our
[21:42] Speaker 4: next episode is going to be all though about all
[21:44] Speaker 4: those early 2000 movies where we saw so many journalists
[21:48] Speaker 4: and that will be all for today.
[21:52] Speaker 2: Let us know what all you would want
[21:54] Speaker 4: Us to discuss in our upcoming episodes and this was
[21:57] Speaker 4: me Niharika, Aishwarya and Shruti and a happy belated Rakhi

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