Ridhi Singla

As a kid, I have always been in a bubble of family and friends. Even after going through my college, staying away from my parents and then getting married and staying with my husband, I still feel I have been in a bubble oblivious of world problems. As part of one of our modules at my Fashion design course at Pearl Academy, "The Social Responsibility", we went through series of videos to understand the environmental issues and the fight different people have been fighting over the years and it was a real eye opener for me. Our world is facing a lot of critical issues, and that is a fact no one can deny. It is just that we need to start caring about it. Learning more about how youth of today is fighting for our future is inspiring. Youngsters like Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg are chasing global issues like Right to education for all children and Climate Change and fighting against some of the leaders of the world to be heard at global stage. It is oftne that people ask ...

As part of one of the courses during my fashion designing course, The Social Responsibility, I was asked to write about the culture around me in context of my family, hierarchy and individuality. It feels strangely exciting to write my first blog expressing my own thoughts yet it somehow feels liberating. I guess, ironically, it has been part of my culture to not be very expressive of my own thoughts out in public. But let me give it a try.                                              Culture for me is something you are born and brought up in. The set of norms, rules, customs, environment around you define your culture. Your family is a large part of what you grow up in in India because your parents are your first and primary teachers. As children, you learn what they talk and do. You see your parents and grandparents live in a certain set of rules in your house. You see h...

Let me talk about myself a bit. My name is Ridhi Singla, a clichéd North Indian Punjabi girl obsessed with shopping, clothes, footwear. I am always interested in new trends, what celebrities are wearing, what would suit me, etc. Naturally, I have been inclined towards fashion designing as an art and actually think I can do well there.                                                                   Unfortunately, my family being a traditional family, I was set on the path of being an engineer. I did my B.Tech in 2013 and then M.Tech. in 2015 from Chandigarh University as a Computer Science engineer. To be honest, I was never very inclined towards computers and coding but I went through the courses learning what I could and actually did well in my studies. I got placed after my B.Tech but opted to study further after di...

 This is my first post. I have created this blog to write about my journey to be a fashion designer. I have joined Pearl Academy for PG course in Fashion Design in Delhi Campus. I will be talking about myself and my journey in the posts to come. Stay Tuned!