Introducing Keeping It Real With Smriti Notani

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Very happy to announce my new podcast show to you. It’s been 2 years in the making and it feels surreal that I finally get to talk about it. A JioSaavn Original, my new show is an extension of my brand and blog ‘Real Girl’. I have always wanted to encourage real, raw, authentic, and honest conversations and I’m happy to have gotten the perfect platform to explore that. I think that as women we are conditioned since the time we are little to either be silent or then be well behaved and ‘say the right thing’ I wanted to have a space on the internet where we can talk about whatever we want to talk about, without having to worry about how we come across! In this season, I have some amazing, empowered women joining me in my quest to keep it real. Presenting ‘Keeping It Real With Smriti Notani’, only on Jio Saavn. 🙂

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It’s Been Two Years?!

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happy blog birthday
All Photos Courtesy: Little Black Box Photography

 

It’s been two years exactly since I started ‘Real Girl’. For some reason this seems absurd and untrue. Firstly, because at some level I’ve ALWAYS been Real Girl; and secondly, because I dreamt of having a blog like this for a long, long time – way before it actually came into existence. I thought and overthought (overthunk?!) what I would like to put up on my two year anniversary for quite a while. Then, like a true millennial, I convinced myself that no one cares and berated myself till I felt weary and pushed the task to the last minute. Now as I sit here with my biggest motivator – last minute panic, I realize that I want to honour these two years by telling you exactly what I learnt in these two years. Not all the lessons have been pretty, but then what’s the point if I don’t keep it real? So here goes nothing, err…not nothing… but…I mean…(Oh hi anxiety, when did you get here?) 

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ADDICTED: Real Girl Recommends!

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In the history of this blog, I have never once dedicated an entire blog post to recommending a TV show. But I think the time has come to make an exception for ‘This Is Us’. It is the most beautiful, poignant, wonderfully written, and painfully real piece of Television the world has seen.

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13 Real Things Every Girl Goes Through In An Office Washroom

Real Girl x Kimberly Clark

Kimberly Clark x Real Girl

I was feeling kind of nostalgic lately and it got me thinking of the good old days when I’d work in an office and clock in daily hours. The office space, the politics, the friendships, the camaraderie, the colleagues, and the washrooms – yup, you read that right – I said washrooms. If you work or have worked in any office, ever, you’ll know that the office washroom is a space where a lot transpires. Here’s a legit list of things known to happen in every office washroom!

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I Reviewed A Book And Accepted My Old Age!

 

AUGUST FAVOURITES:

 

Hi lovers, I’m back with that section which I just now realize has started to form a distinct pattern. First, I marvel at how fast the year is passing by  (we are already on our 8th Monthly Favourites Edition of the year!) Then, I make an excuse for either shopping or not shopping too much; and after that I hastily begin to describe what I ate, shopped, bought, liked the last month. Not that I’m complaining – I kinda love doing this every month. 🙂 So let’s look at ze goodies, shall we?

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