A Model Piece

My name is Anisha Mathur and you must be knowing my name well. Why, I am the lips in Lakme, the shoulder in Liril, the shining teeth in Colgate and of course, the wavy hair in Sunsilk. Yes, you must be thinking this is a joke -- these being brands represented by Kareina and Preity and Juhi and whosoever other star. Also, I am the one doing the actual eating that Alia does of Perk. So, to return to the point, I understand you may not know my name, just like you do not know my parts, but you should be knowing (because it is time you know), and hence I would like to deliberate an introduction.

My name is Anisha Mathur. I know, I know, I mentioned that first thing, but what I am trying to say here is, my name has not always been Anisha. I am Asha Mathur, from Rajkot, who has been changed by the model-industry to shape-up and re-size into becoming Anisha. It is a certainly not a model industry, and may be that is why it is aptly costumed as the fashion-industry. So you see, frankly, I am non-existent. Neither my name, nor my existence is true. And they say I am a resplendent substitute model. How do I explain? I am a 'model' model. Just like it would come off a grammar book. Replaced like it should be. 

Day after day, slot after slot, I am worked upon without any say. As I am put on the chair in front of a eye-shatteringly, loud mirror, ornamented by make-up bulbs, the make-up artist dabs multiple layers of powder on me, to make me fairer, changes shades of lipsticks to suit the role. Yes, sometimes they do hear my opinion, but they hardly listen. They are trained to overlook and are specialised in overhearing. Each of my phone-calls are meticulously registered. These, in turn, make up for the content for the next edition of gossip magazines, or the most read columns of newspapers. 

I usually do not complain about my life. I mean from Rajkot to my own little apartment in Mumbai, I have made quite a name for myself. Except that I haven't. 

I am not a model. I am a model mannequin, designed to obey. I am Anisha Mathur. See?